Melatonin excretion is not related to sleep in the elderly

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-145

  Youngstedt, Shawn D ^a   Kripke, Daniel F ^a   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Elderly; Excretion; Insomnia; Melatonin; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031971702     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00526.x     Document Type: Article

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