A phase response curve to single bright light pulses in human subjects

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 549, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 945-952

  Khalsa, Sat Bir S ^a   Jewett, Megan E ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a,b   Czeisler, Charles A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; ACTIMETRY; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; GAZE; PACEMAKER; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URINALYSIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 0038042355     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040477     Document Type: Review

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