Subjective effects of glycine ingestion before bedtime on sleep quality

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-77

  Inagawa, Kentaro ^a   Hiraoka, Takenori ^a   Kohda, Tohru ^a   Yamadera, Wataru ^b   Takahashi, Michio ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Glycine; Subjective effect on sleep

Indexed keywords

BIOGLYCINE; GLYCINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33646696182     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2006.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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