The Effects of Evening Bright Light on Next-Day Sleep Propensity

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Tzischinsky, Orna ^a   Lavie, Peretz ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bright dim light; Sleep gate; Sleep propensity function; Temperature acrophase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; SLEEP;

EID: 0031154901     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200307     Document Type: Article

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