Evening melatonin and bright light administration induce additive phase shifts in dim light melatonin onset

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-194

  Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a   Danilenko, Konstantin V ^a   Renz, Claudia ^a   Weber, Jakob M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Buhlmann Laboratories   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bright light; Dim light melatonin onset; Human circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SECRETION;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN;

EID: 1842452985     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2004.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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