Abnormal nocturnal melatonin secretion and disordered sleep in abstinent alcoholics

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1437-1443

  Kühlwein, Eva ^a   Hauger, Richard L ^b   Irwin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Circadian; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ONSET AGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0348111552     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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