Music Therapy Increases Serum Melatonin Levels in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Kumar, Adarsh M ^a   Tims, Frederick ^b   Cruess, Dean G ^d   Mintzer, Michael J ^d   Ironson, Gail ^a   Loewenstein, David ^a   Cattan, Rogelio ^c   Fernandez, J B ^a   Eisdorfer, Carl ^a   Kumar, Mahendra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MUSIC THERAPY;

EID: 0033229667     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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