Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Cajochen, Christian ^a   Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute effect of light; Circadian rhythm; Illuminance; Logistic regression model; Melatonin suppression; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; THETA RHYTHM;

NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033829618     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00236-9     Document Type: Article

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