Effects of melatonin in two individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Jean Louis, Girardin ^a,b   Zizi, Ferdinand ^c   Von Gizycki, Hans ^c   Taub, Harvey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032133318     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.1.331     Document Type: Article

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