Effects of morning melatonin administration on electroencephalographic theta to alpha power ratio in reproductive versus postmenopausal healthy female volunteers

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Staikou, Chryssoula ^a   Kyrozis, Andreas ^b   Moschovos, Christos ^b   Fassoulaki, Argyro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Melatonin; Postmenopausal women; Reproductive women

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84855192085     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.061     Document Type: Article

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