Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: Melatonin phase resetting and suppression

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 526, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 695-702

  Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b,f   Dijk, Derk Jan ^b   Kronauer, Richard E ^b,c,d   Brown, Emery N ^b,d,e   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; CIRCADIAN PACEMAKER; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE ACTION; MELATONIN BLOOD LEVEL; MELATONIN SUPPRESSION; NOCTURNAL LIGHT;

EID: 0033841139     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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