Vigilance Levels during and after Bright Light Exposure in the First Half of the Night

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1019-1038

  Lavoie, Suzie ^b   Paquet, Jean ^b   Selmaoui, Brahim ^b   Rufiange, Marianne ^b   Dumont, Marie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alertness; Bright light; Circadian; Cortisol; Light exposure; Melatonin; Melatonin suppression; Placebo; Sleep deprivation; Sleep propensity; Temperature; Vigilance; Waking EEG

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LIGHT; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RED LIGHT; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

PRENANTHELLA EXIGUA;

EID: 0345168009     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120025534     Document Type: Article

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