Circadian temperature and melatonin rhythms, sleep, and neurobehavioral function in humans living on a 20-h day

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 4 46-4, 1999, Pages

  Wyatt, James K ^a,b   Ritz De Cecco, Angela ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Body temperature; Circadian rhythms; Memory; Performance

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0032726039     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.4.r1152     Document Type: Article

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