Antidepressant action of melatonin in the treatment of Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Rahman, Shadab A ^a   Kayumov, Leonid ^a,b   Shapiro, Colin M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian misalignment; Circadian rhythms; Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome; Depression; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATIENT CODING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 75149174756     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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