Sleep and activity rhythms are related to circadian phase in the blind

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 616-623

  Lockley, Steven W ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a   Butler, Laura J ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS); Blindness; Circadian; Delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS); Free running; Melatonin; Napping; Non 24 hour sleep wake syndrome; Sleep; Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0033178623     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.5.616     Document Type: Article

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