The human circadian clock entrains to sun time

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Roenneberg, Till ^a   Kumar, C Jairaj ^b   Merrow, Martha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUNLIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33846190531     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.011     Document Type: Letter

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