Melatonin secretion rhythm disorders in patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer's type with disturbed sleep-waking

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-421

  Mishima, Kazuo ^a   Tozawa, Tozawa ^a   Satoh, Kohtoku ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Hishikawa, Yasuo ^a   Okawa, Masako ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Circadian rhythm; Light; Melatonin; Rest activity; Sleep wake

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE DEMENTIA; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0033558327     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00510-6     Document Type: Article

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