Daytime melatonin administration enhances sleepiness and theta/alpha activity in the waking EEG

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MelatoninElectroencephalographyPsychologyAlpha (finance)MoodHypnoticSleep StagesVisual analogue scaleAudiologyAnesthesiaMedicineDevelopmental psychologyPsychiatryPolysomnographyNeurosciencePsychometrics

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 207
Issue: 3
Pages: 209-213
Citations: 124
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                                    Christian Cajochen, 
                                
                                    Kurt Kräuchi, 
                                
                                    Marie-Anne von Arx
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Daytime melatonin administration enhances sleepiness and theta/alpha activity in the waking EEG. 
                            Neuroscience Letters
                            , 207
                            (3)
                            , 209-213.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(96)12517-9
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12517-9