Circadian clues to sleep onset mechanisms

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages S92-S96

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core body and skin temperatures; Heart rate; Heat loss; Melatonin; Sleep onset latency; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIGHT; MASKING; META ANALYSIS; NIGHT SLEEP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECUMBENCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SLEEP INDUCTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP;

EID: 0034771624     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(01)00315-3     Document Type: Article

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