Hypothermic action of exogenously administered melatonin is dose-dependent in humans

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 334-340

  Satoh, Kohtoku ^a   Mishima, Kazuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Hypothermic action; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 0035199319     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200111000-00004     Document Type: Article

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