Caffeine does not entrain the circadian clock but improves daytime alertness in blind patients with non-24-hour rhythms

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 800-804

  St Hilaire, Melissa A ^a,b   Lockley, Steven W ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alertness; Blindness; Caffeine; Circadian; Entrainment; Non 24 hour sleep wake disorder

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; AFFECT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AROUSAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; URINE;

AFFECT; AGED; AROUSAL; BLINDNESS; CAFFEINE; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84938993945     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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