The "Forbidden Zone for Sleep" might be caused by the evening thyrotropin surge and its biological purpose is to enhance survival: A hypothesis;A "Zona Proibida para o Sono" pode ser causada pela elevação ao anoitecer dos níveis de tireoptropina e sua finalidade biológica é aumentar a sobrevivência: Uma hipótese

Sleep Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 105-109

  Pereira Jr , José Carlos ^a   Alves, Rosana Cardoso ^b  

^a Departamento de Pediatria   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Receptors; Sleep disorders; Sleep wake transition disorders; Thyroid hormones; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866262683     PISSN: 19840659     EISSN: 19840063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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