Altered circadian melatonin secretion patterns in relation to sleep in patients with chronic sleep-wake rhythm disorders

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 201-210

  Rodenbeck, Andrea ^a   Huether, Gerald ^a   Rüther, Eckart ^a   Hajak, Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian melatonin rhythm; Delayed sleep phase syndrome; Entrainment mechanisms; Hypernychthemeral syndrome; Phase resetting properties; Sleep wake rhythm disorders

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MALE; PACEMAKER; PINEAL BODY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL LIFE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0032434461     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00389.x     Document Type: Article

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