Melatonin phase-shifts human circadian rhythms with no evidence of changes in the duration of endogenous melatonin secretion or the 24-hour production of reproductive hormones

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4303-4309

  Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a,c   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a   Middleton, Benita ^a   Stone, Barbara M ^b   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AFFECT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PITUITARY HORMONES; SLEEP STAGES; WRIST;

EID: 0141787946     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030460     Document Type: Article

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