Diminished melatonin secretion in the elderly caused by insufficient environmental illumination

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Mishima, K ^a   Okawa, M ^b   Shimizu, T ^a   Hishikawa, Y ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSOMNIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; PERIODICITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 0035142213     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.1.129     Document Type: Article

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