Noninvasive fractal biomarker of clock neurotransmitter disturbance in humans with dementia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hu, Kun ^a,e   Harper, David G ^b   Shea, Steven A ^a,c   Stopa, Edward G ^d   Scheer, Frank A J L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUROTENSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84894497154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02229     Document Type: Article

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