Increase in Parasympathetic Nerve Activity During the Nighttime Following Bright Light Exposure during the Daytime

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Nishimura, Shinya ^a   Hyun, Ki Ja ^b   Lee, Young Ah ^b   Tokura, Hiromi ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous activity; Diurnal bright light; Heart rate variability; Maximum entropy method; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAY LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; SLEEP TIME; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141855526     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.3.233.18809     Document Type: Article

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