Extraocular light exposure does not phase shift saliva melatonin rhythms in sleeping subjects

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-386

  Lushington, K ^a   Galka, R ^b   Sassi, L N ^a   Kennaway, D J ^c   Dawson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythms; Extraocular light; Sleep

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SALIVA; SLEEP;

EID: 0036676370     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873002129002582     Document Type: Article

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