Atenolol facilitates light-induced phase shifts in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Deacon, S ^a   English, J ^a   Tate, J ^a   Arendt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blockers; Atenolol; Bright light; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Shift work; Time zone travel

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ATENOLOL; MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATENOLOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALIVA;

EID: 0032488924     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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