Low, but not high, doses of melatonin entrained a free-running blind person with a long circadian period

Chronobiology International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 649-658

  Lewy, Alfred J ^a   Emens, Jonathan S ^a   Sack, Robert L ^a   Hasler, Brant P ^a   Bernert, Rebecca A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Free running totally blind people; Melatonin; Melatonin phase response curve

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; RUNNING; TRAINING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMAN; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035989774     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120004546     Document Type: Article

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