Repeated exposures to daytime bright light increase nocturnal melatonin rise and maintain circadian phase in young subjects under fixed sleep schedule

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Takasu, Nana N ^a   Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Yamanaka, Yujiro ^a   Tanahashi, Yusuke ^a   Yamazaki, Ayano ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Entrainment; Light intensity; Polysomnography; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; SLEEP;

EID: 33845421201     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00211.2006     Document Type: Article

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