Addition of a non-photic component to a light-based mathematical model of the human circadian pacemaker

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-599

  St Hilaire, Melissa A ^a   Klerman, Elizabeth B ^a   Khalsa, Sat Bir S ^a   Wright Jr , Kenneth P ^b   Czeisler, Charles A ^a   Kronauer, Richard E ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Human; Light; Mathematical model; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLEXITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAKEFULNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447517118     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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