Thermosensitivity of the circadian timing system

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Van Someren, Eus J W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aging; blind; circadian rhythm; clock mechanisms; dementia; light; sleep; temperature; thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AGING; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD SENSITIVE NERVE CELL; DEMENTIA; DEPOLARIZATION; HEAT LOSS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; WARM SENSITIVE NERVE CELL;

EID: 1642317216     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1446-9235.2003.00002.x     Document Type: Review

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