Morphology and function: MR pineal volume and melatonin level in human saliva are correlated

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 966-971

  Liebrich, Luisa Sophie ^a   Schredl, Michael ^a   Findeisen, Peter ^a   Groden, Christoph ^a   Bumb, Jan Malte ^a   Nölte, Ingo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Melatonin; Pineal gland volume; Saliva; Sleep; Volume

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL GLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP STAGES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927799069     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24449     Document Type: Article

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