Effects of dim or bright-light exposure during the daytime on human gastrointestinal activity

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-133

  Sone, Yoshiaki ^a   Hyun, Ki Ja ^b   Nishimura, Shinya ^c   Lee, Young Ah ^b   Tokura, Hiromi ^b,d,e  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breath hydrogen test; Dietary carbohydrate malabsorption; Electrogastrography (EGG); Gastrointestinal activity; Light intensity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NIGHT; PERIODICITY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BREATH TESTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 0037221970     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120017688     Document Type: Article

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