Low, but not high, doses of melatonin entrained a free-running blind person with a long circadian period

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作者
Lewy, AJ [1 ]
Emens, JS
Sack, RL
Hasler, BP
Bernert, RA
机构
[1] Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Dept Psychiat, Sleep & Mood Disorders Lab, Portland, OR 97201 USA
[2] Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Dept Ophthalmol, Portland, OR 97201 USA
[3] Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Dept Physiol Pharmacol, Portland, OR 97201 USA
关键词
circadian rhythms; free-running totally blind people; melatonin; melatonin phase-response curve;
D O I
10.1081/CBI-120004546
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In a previous report, we were unable to entrain one out of seven totally blind people with free-running endogenous melatonin rhythms to 10 mg of exogenous melatonin. This person had the longest circadian period (24.9 h) of the group. We now find that this person can be entrained to 0.5 mg of melatonin, but not to 20 mg. These results are consistent with the idea that too much melatonin may spill over onto the wrong zone of the melatonin phase-response curve.
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