Urinary melatonin: A noninvasive method to follow human pineal function as studied in three experimental conditions

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-115

  Pääkkönen, Tiina ^a   Mäkinen, Tiina M ^a   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^a   Vakkuri, Olli ^a   Rintamäki, Hannu ^a,b   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^c   Hassi, Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Radioimmuno assay; Serum melatonin; Urinary 6 sulfatoxymelatonin; Urinary melatonin

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URINALYSIS; WINTER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645102813     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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