Chronobiological characterization of women with primary vasospastic syndrome: Body heat loss capacity in relation to sleep initiation and phase of entrainment

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vollenweider, Stephanie ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Flammer, Josef ^b   Orgü, Selim ^b   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cold extremities; Sleep onset insomnia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; VASODILATION;

EID: 38949215064     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00609.2007     Document Type: Article

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