No impact of physical activity on the period of the circadian pacemaker in humans

Chronobiology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Beersma, Domien G M ^a,b   Hiddinga, A Els ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian pacemaker; Human; Masking; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031886738     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529808998669     Document Type: Article

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