Possible treatment of circadian sleep disorders using daily ketotifen administration
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Drug treatment for circadian rhythm sleep disorders
Medication with drugs that are active in the brain, and therein have an effect on the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus or areas of the posterior thalamus involved in control of sleep and wakefulness, can have either therapeutic or adverse effects on individuals with circadian rhythm sleep disorder. Currently, with a high degree of clinical certainty, there is no generally acc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sleep and Biological Rhythms
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1446-9235,1479-8425
DOI: 10.1007/s41105-015-0021-y