Sleep and the endogenous melatonin rhythm of high arctic residents during the summer and winter

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-206

  Paul, Michel A ^a   Love, Ryan J ^a   Hawton, Andrea ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Dim light melatonin onset; Fatigue; Polar regions

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIGRAPH; ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; WINTER; ACTIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SEASON; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; ARCTIC REGIONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SALIVA; SEASONS; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921886062     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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