High sensitivity of human melatonin, alertness, thermoregulation, and heart rate to short wavelength light

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1311-1316

  Cajochen, Christian ^a   Münch, Mirjam ^a   Kobialka, Szymon ^a   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Steiner, Roland ^b   Oelhafen, Peter ^b   Orgül, Selim ^c   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; COLOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA CONE; SLEEP STAGE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; CONES (RETINA); HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 15944371341     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0957     Document Type: Article

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