Journal article
Chapter 24 Chronotherapy
Abstract
The objective of chronotherapy is to optimize medical treatments taking into account the body's circadian rhythms. Chronotherapy is referred to and practiced in two different ways: (1) to alter the sleep-wake rhythms of patients to improve the sequels of several pathologies; (2) to take into account the circadian rhythms of patients to improve therapeutics. Even minor dysfunction of the biological clock can greatly affect sleep/wake physiology …
Authors
Cardinali DP; Brown GM; Pandi-Perumal SR
Journal
Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 179, , pp. 357–370
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1016/b978-0-12-819975-6.00023-6
ISSN
0072-9752