Circadian rhythm in salivary melatonin in narcoleptic patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 437, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-164

  Blazejova, Katerina ^a   Illnerova, Helena ^b   Hajek, Ivan ^b   Nevsimalova, Sona ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Circadian system; Human; Melatonin rhythm; Narcolepsy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; SALIVA;

EID: 43049134439     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.076     Document Type: Article

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