Weak relationships between suppression of melatonin and suppression of sleepiness/fatigue in response to light exposure

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Rüger, Melanie ^a   Gordijn, Marijke C M ^a   Beersma, Domien G M ^a   De Vries, Bonnie ^a   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bright light; Melatonin; Night time and daytime exposure; Subjective sleepiness

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOMNOLENCE; SPECTRUM;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINA; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 24744432275     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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