Daytime naps in darkness phase shift the human circadian rhythms of melatonin and thyrotropin secretion

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 2 47-2, 2000, Pages

  Buxton, Orfeu M ^a,b   L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^c   Turek, Fred W ^b   Van Cauter, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Jet lag; Light; Photic cues; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WORK;

EID: 0342545971     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.2.r373     Document Type: Article

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