Sensitivity of the human circadian system to short-wavelength (420-nm) light

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 379-386

  Brainard, George C ^a   Sliney, David ^b,c   Hanifin, John P ^a   Glickman, Gena ^a,d   Byrne, Brenda ^a   Greeson, Jeffrey M ^a,e   Jasser, Samar ^a,f   Gerner, Edward ^a   Rollag, Mark D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of California San Diego ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Circadian; Light; Melatonin; Neuroendocrine; Photoreception; Pineal gland; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENSITY; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; PINEAL GLAND; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION, OCULAR;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 51849146719     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408323089     Document Type: Article

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