The effect of single oral doses of zopiclone on nocturnal melatonin secretion in healthy male volunteers

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 825-833

  Norman, Trevor R ^a   Piccolo, Josephine ^a   Voudouris, Nicholas ^b   Burrows, Graham D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Cyclopyrrolones; Dim light melatonin onset; Human; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MELATONIN; PIPERAZINES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TEMAZEPAM;

EID: 0035030069     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(01)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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