Internal rhythms in humans

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 831-836

  Dijk, Derk Jan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian pacemaker; Light; Phase response curve; Sleep; Sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040201626     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0101     Document Type: Article

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