Contribution of the photoperiod at birth to the association between season of birth and diurnal preference

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Mongrain, Valérie ^a,b   Paquet, Jean ^a   Dumont, Marie ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Development; Human; Light exposure; Morningness eveningness; Photoperiod; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 33747789511     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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