The role of melatonin and circadian phase in age-related sleep- maintenance insomnia: Assessment in a clinical trial of melatonin replacement

Sleep

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-68

  Hughes, Rod J ^a,b   Sack, Robert L ^b   Lewy, Alfred J ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythms; Core body temperature; Insomnia; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031886418     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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