Photopic transduction implicated in human circadian entrainment

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-138

  Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b   Kronauer, Richard E ^a,c   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Cones; Phase shifting; Photopic; Photoreception; Rods; Scotopic; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030858016     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00599-5     Document Type: Article

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