How to trick mother nature into letting you fly around or stay up all night

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-365

  Revell, Victoria L ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bright light; Circadian rhythms; Human; Jet lag; Melatonin; Phase response curve; Phase shifts; Shift work

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; LIGHT; MELATONIN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 22544456542     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730405277233     Document Type: Review

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