Nimodipine potentiates the light-induced suppression of melatonin

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Benloucif, Susan ^a   Bauer, Geoffrey L ^a   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^a   Finkel, Sanford I ^a   Zee, Phyllis C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Calcium; Light; Melatonin; Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MELATONIN; NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; NIMODIPINE;

EID: 0032748340     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00554-6     Document Type: Article

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