Nonphotic entrainment of the human circadian pacemaker

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Klerman, Elizabeth B ^a   Rimmer, David W ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a   Kronauer, Richard E ^b   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Blindness; Circadian rhythms; Light

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031980303     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.4.r991     Document Type: Article

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