A relationship between heat loss and sleepiness: Effects of postural change and melatonin administration

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 134-139

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Distal skin temperature; Heart rate; Proximal skin temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOMNOLENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 1842405956     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.83.1.134     Document Type: Article

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