Minimum light intensity required to suppress nocturnal melatonin concentration in human saliva

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Aoki, Harusuke ^a   Yamada, Naoto ^a   Ozeki, Yuji ^a   Yamane, Hideo ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duration of light exposure; Light; Melatonin; Minimum intensity; Suppression

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032563355     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00548-5     Document Type: Article

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