Light as a modulator of cognitive brain function

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 429-438

  Vandewalle, Gilles ^a,b,c   Maquet, Pierre ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BRAIN; NEUROIMAGING;

BRAIN FUNCTIONS; BRAIN RESPONSE; COGNITIVE BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE TASK; CORTICAL AREAS; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ALERTNESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DENSITY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUMINANCE; MODULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; REVIEW; THALAMUS; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

EID: 70349190299     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.07.004     Document Type: Review

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