Phase shifting the human circadian clock using melatonin

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 131-134

  Lewy, Alfred J ^a   Ahmed, Saeeduddin ^a   Sack, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian phase sleep disorder; Circadian rhythm; Jet lag; Light; Melatonin; Phase response curve (PRC); Serotonin; Shift work; Winter depression

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JET LAG; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SUNLIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

EID: 13344276568     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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