Peripheral skin temperature and circadian biological clock in shift nurses after a day off

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bracci, Massimo ^a   Ciarapica, Veronica ^a   Copertaro, Alfredo ^b   Barbaresi, Mariella ^b   Manzella, Nicola ^a   Tomasetti, Marco ^a   Gaetani, Simona ^a   Monaco, Federica ^a   Amati, Monica ^a   Valentino, Matteo ^a   Rapisarda, Venerando ^c   Santarelli, Lory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Loreto Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circadian clocks; Circadian dysregulation; Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Light dark cycle; Melatonin; Occupational health; PER2 gene; Shift work; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PER2 PROTEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; NURSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIFT WORKER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; WRIST; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NURSES; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; SALIVA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964413103     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17050623     Document Type: Article

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