Evidence for a biological dawn and dusk in the human circadian timing system

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 535, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 937-951

  Wehr, T A ^a   Aeschbach, D ^a   Duncan W C , Jr ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REM SLEEP; RODENT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; THETA RHYTHM; TIME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0035884489     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.t01-1-00937.x     Document Type: Article

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