Amplitude reduction of plasma melatonin rhythm in association with an internal desynchronization in a subject with non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-251

  Masubuchi, Satoru ^a,b   Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Endo, Takuro ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Internal desynchronization; Melatonin; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MELATONIN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033054764     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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