Can melatonin improve shift workers' tolerance of the night shift? Some preliminary findings.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to demonstrate that a possible recurrence may pertain to migraine attacks (MAs). The study was carried out by checking the personal diaries of 30 migraine sufferers ("migraineurs") who carefully annotated the date of their MA over twelve consecutive months. The group was composed of 15 males ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Cugini P,Romit A,Di Palma L,Giacovazzo M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diurnal variation in muscle performance has been well documented in the past few years, but almost exclusively in the male population. The possible effects of the menstrual cycle on human circadian rhythms have remained equivocal, particularly in the context of muscle strength. The purpose of the study was to analyze ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Bambaeichi E,Reilly T,Cable NT,Giacomoni M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to examine the genetic and environmental influences on diurnal preference and sleep quality, the association between these phenotypes, the genetic and environmental influences on this association, and the magnitude of overlap between these influences. Using a twin design, data on diurnal pr...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Barclay NL,Eley TC,Buysse DJ,Archer SN,Gregory AM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently discovered that blue wavelengths form the portion of the visible electromagnetic spectrum that most potently regulates circadian rhythm. We investigated the effect of blue light-blocking glasses in subjects with delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD). This open-label trial was conducted over 4 consec...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Esaki Y,Kitajima T,Ito Y,Koike S,Nakao Y,Tsuchiya A,Hirose M,Iwata N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this study was on daytime and nighttime sleep and wakefulness during the peak age for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), two to four months, to determine whether there are differences between at-risk for SIDS (R) and control (C) infants. Such differences may provide insight on the frequent occurrence of...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Cornwell AC,Feigenbaum P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several substances change the period length of the circadian oscillator in the laminar pulvinus of Phaseolus coccineus L. if offered continuously via the transpiration stream to the isolated leaves in continuous light and constant temperature. The osmotica mannitol and PEG 6000 (polyethylene glycol) lengthen the circa...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Mayer WE,Maier M,Flach D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous experiments, we found that rats raised in constant light (LL) manifested a more robust circadian rhythm of motor activity in LL and showed longer phase shifts after a light pulse in constant darkness (DD) than chose raised under constant darkness. In addition, we observed that the effects produced by const...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Canal-Corretger MM,Vilaplana J,Cambras T,Díez-Noguera A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In young healthy subjects salmon calcitonin (SCT), intranasally administered, increased in serum as a function of the drug administration time. The serum concentration of a 400 IU SCT dose monitored 10 min after dosing was statistically more significant when inhaled at 0000 than at other, more conventional, administra...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Tarquini B,Cavallini V,Cariddi A,Checchi M,Sorice V,Cecchettin M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of the circadian photoperiodic oscillator have been investigated in detail only in the Japanese quail. While the study of the quail is clearly very important, one cannot simply assume that other species, especially passerines that seem to have a different circadian organization than quail, function the ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Singh S,Misra M,Rani S,Kumar V

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) of our institute show activity patterns that seem incompatible with proper adjustment to a periodic environment. The activity onset of those animals is continuously delayed, whereas the activity offset is stably coupled to "lights-on", leading to compression of activ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Schottner K,Weinert D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight diurnally active (approximately 0730-1100 hr) adults (41-61 yr) suffering from nocturnal asthma volunteered for a double-blind, cross-over randomized study of a once-daily dosing (600-900 mg/24 hr) of Armophylline (Rorer s.a., France), a sustained-release theophylline given either at 0800 hr or 2000 hr for 8-day...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Reinberg A,Pauchet F,Ruff F,Gervais A,Smolensky MH,Levi F,Gervais P,Chaouat D,Abella ML,Zidani R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we found that the reactivity of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) to everyday physical activities is highest in the morning. All participants in that study slept normally at night and freely chose their activity levels, which did not allow a separation of any circadian influence on the BP response from the effe...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Jones H,George K,Edwards B,Atkinson G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a condition of regularly occurring depressions in winter with a remission the following spring or summer. In addition to depressed mood, the patients tend to experience increased appetite and an increased duration of sleep during the winter. SAD is a relatively common condition, af...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Magnusson A,Boivin D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fat diet (HFD) consumption alters the synchronized circadian timing system resulting in harmful loss, gain or shift of transcriptional oscillations. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) shares structural homology to clock genes, containing both PAS domains and basic helix-loop helix structural motifs, allowing for...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Jaeger C,Xu C,Sun M,Krager S,Tischkau SA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian melatonin rhythm is highly reproducible and generally not easily altered. The few perturbations that are capable of significantly changing either the amplitude or the pattern of the 24-h melatonin rhythm are summarized herein. Aging alters cyclic melatonin production by decreasing the amplitude of the no...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Reiter RJ,Richardson BA

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila circadian rhythms persist in constant darkness (DD). The small ventral Lateral Neurons (s-LNv) mainly control the behavioral circadian rhythm in consortium with the large ventral Lateral Neurons (l-LNv) and dorsal Lateral Neurons (LNd). It is believed that the molecular oscillations of clock genes are th...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Veleri S,Wülbeck C

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the associations between individual difference factors (chronotype, Big Five, emotional competences) and perceived stress in French university students. In total, 362 students agreed to take part (Mage = 20.19 ± 1.75 years). Participants completed the Caen Chronotype Questionnaire, Big ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： You M,Laborde S,Dosseville F,Salinas A,Allen MS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Both incidence and mortality of lung cancer are especially high in Hungary. Several investigations suggested recently that month of birth (MOB) is associated with the risks of several nonmalignant disorders as well as some malignant disorders. Only a few stu...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Kapitány B,Döme P,Döme B,Rihmer Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous research, it was determined that the altitude of origin altered the parameters of photic entrainment and free-running rhythmicity of adult locomotor activity of the high-altitude Himalayan (haH) strain (Hemkund-Sahib, 4121 m above sea level) of Drosophila helvetica compared to the low-altitude Himalayan (l...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Keny V,Vanlalnghaka C,Hakim SS,Barnabas RJ,Joshi DS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-five nonresident girls of a private school volunteered for the study with the teachers' help as well as parental consent. Ages were approximately 8, 9, and 10 years. They were synchronized with diurnal activity from 0730 to 2100 h and nocturnal rest. Fatigue, drowsiness, and attention were self-rated using visu...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Guérin N,Boulenguiez S,Reinberg A,Di Costanzo G,Guran P,Touitou Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appreciation of chronotherapy in hypertension continues to lag, despite clear demonstrations by many studies of (i) clinically relevant dosing-time differences of the beneficial and adverse effects of most blood pressure (BP) medications and (ii) significant association between reduced sleep-time BP decline of non-dip...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Portaluppi F,Smolensky MH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is a progressive disease characterized by an enzymatic deficiency of acid alpha-galactosidase and glycosphingolipids storage within the lysosomes. The disease has two phenotypes: classic and nonclassic. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a common sign reported by patients and can be caused by a circadian rh...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Vallim JRDS,Amaral FGD,Cipolla-Neto J,D'Almeida V

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic sympathetic denervation of the pineal gland by bilateral removal of the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) was performed on female rats 30 days before impregnation. The offspring, maintained in the dark from birth, had disruption of the malate dehydrogenase circadian rhythm in the testes at 25 days of age. A dail...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Vermouth NT,Carriazo CS,Gallará RV,Carpentieri AR,Bellavía SL

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four different laboratory parameters including the phagocytic activity (phagocytic index) of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and various hematologic variables were investigated in 13 young healthy men during Spring 1988 in Munich, Germany. Venous blood of these volunteers was obtained under standardized con...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Melchart D,Martin P,Hallek M,Holzmann M,Jurcic X,Wagner H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the experimental and clinical data that form the basis for the chronotherapy of lung carcinoma, specifically, nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Circadian rhythms in cell kinetics, immunological and endocrinological endpoints, and tumor markers are reviewed. Chronopharmacology and chronotolerance ...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Focan C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that there is seasonal variation in the incidence of Stanford type A aortic dissection (SA-AoD) among patients admitted to our cardiovascular surgical service. A sinusoidal logistic regression model was used to analyze event data for 6081 calendar days. A cyclic p...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Efird JT,O'Neal WT,Davies SW,O'Neal JB,Kypson AP

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is one of the most frequently used laboratory animals, particularly in chronobiological studies. One reason is its very robust and predictable rhythms, although the question arises whether this is an inbreeding effect or rather is typical for the species. We compared the daily...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Weinert D,Fritzsche P,Gattermann R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to evaluate seasonal periodicity in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori. A prospective study was performed on 1076 consecutive patients who were investigated in our hospital over a 3-year span because of epigastric complaints. Our findings indicate a significant accumulation of...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Raschka C,Schorr W,Koch HJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to carry out a comparison of the ability to discriminate between extreme chronotypes, i.e., morning- and evening-types, among the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and its reduced version (rMEQ). To this end a secondary analysis of cohort studies, using two different approaches, was...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Tonetti L,Natale V

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to investigate the associations between night work and disability pension (DP) due to all causes, cardiovascular (CVD), mental, and other diagnoses, adjusting for familial confounding. The material of the study included comprehensive survey data on 27 165 Swedish twins born in 1935-195...

journal_title：Chronobiology international

authors： Ropponen A,Narusyte J,Mather L,Mittendorfer-Rutz E,Åkerstedt T,Svedberg P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00