Comparisons of the variability of three markers of the human circadian pacemaker

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-193

  Klerman, Elizabeth B ^a   Gershengorn, Hayley B ^b   Duffy, Jeanne F ^a   Kronauer, Richard E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian phase; Circadian rhythms; Cortisol; Mathematical analysis; Melatonin; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REST;

EID: 0036548609     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873002129002474     Document Type: Article

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