Exercise distributed across day and night does not alter circadian period in humans

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 534-541

  Cain, Sean W ^a   Rimmer, David W ^b   Duffy, Jeanne F ^b   Czeisler, Charles A ^b  

^a Division of Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity; Behavioral feedback; Core body temperature; Ergometer; Melatonin; Nonphotic; Parametric; Tau

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; REST; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 36148949760     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407306884     Document Type: Article

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