Managing jet lag: Some of the problems and possible new solutions

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Jet lag; Light; Melatonin; Phase; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; BETA METHYL 6 CHLOROMELATONIN; BMS 214778; CAFFEINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LY 156735; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; N [[2 (2,3 DIHYDRO 4 BENZOFURANYL)CYCLOPROPYL]METHYL]PROPANAMIDE; RAMELTEON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEC 162;

ADAPTATION; ALERTNESS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JET LAG; LENGTH OF STAY; PER3 GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 67449084318     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.07.011     Document Type: Review

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