Plasma melatonin rhythms in young and older humans during sleep, sleep deprivation, and wake

Sleep

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1437-1443

  Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,e   Duffy, Jeanne F ^b,c   Lockley, Steven W ^b,c   Dijk, Derk Jan ^d   Czeisler, Charles A ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body temperature; Circadian; Homeostat; Human; Melatonin; Sleep; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 35649003870     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1437     Document Type: Article

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