Is melatonin a photoperiodic signal in humans?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 460, Issue , 1999, Pages 417-424

  Arendt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDER;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033282722     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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