Peripheral heat loss: A predictor of the hypothermic response to melatonin administration in young and older women

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-370

  Gilbert, Saul S ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Cameron J ^b   Kennaway, David J ^a   Dawson, Drew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Human; Peripheral thermal challenge; Soporific; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033004393     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00309-6     Document Type: Article

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