Human phase response curves to three days of daily melatonin: 0.5 mg Versus 3.0 mg

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3325-3331

  Burgess, Helen J ^a   Revell, Victoria L ^b   Molina, Thomas A ^a   Eastman, Charmane I ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIM LIGHT MELATONIN ONSET; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHASE RESPONSE CURVE; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP;

EID: 77954923344     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2590     Document Type: Article

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