On light as an alerting stimulus at night

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-178

  Figueiro, Mariana G ^a   Bullough, John D ^a   Bierman, Andrew ^a   Fay, Charles R ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Circadian; Circadian phototransduction; EEG; Light; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34447515705     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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