Human circadian pacemaker is sensitive to light throughout subjective day without evidence of transients

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Jewett, Megan E ^a,b,c   Rimmer, David W ^b   Duffy, Jeanne F ^b   Klerman, Elizabeth B ^b   Kronauer, Richard E ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Circadian   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Dead zone; Phase shifts; Phase response curve; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030692078     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.5.r1800     Document Type: Article

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