Intrinsic circadian period of adolescent humans measured in conditions of forced desynchrony

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Carskadon, Mary A ^a,b   Labyak, Susan E ^a,b   Acebo, Christine ^a,b   Seifer, Ronald ^a,b  

^a E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Circadian period; Forced desynchrony; Melatonin; Sleep; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLEEP PATTERN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SALIVA;

EID: 0033613723     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00971-9     Document Type: Article

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