Daily rhythm of serum melatonin levels and effect of light exposure in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1646-1652

  Ohashi, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto, Norio ^b   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^a   Mori, Norio ^a   Morita, Yukitomo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kikugawa Gen Hosp Horinouchi K   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Dementia of the Alzheimer's type; Light exposure; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033564472     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00255-8     Document Type: Article

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