Spectral responses of the human circadian system depend on the irradiance and duration of exposure to light

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 31, 2010, Pages

  Gooley, Joshua J ^a,b,c   Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a,b,d   Brainard, George C ^e   Kronauer, Richard E ^a,b,f   Czeisler, Charles A ^a,b   Lockley, Steven W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953009762     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3000741     Document Type: Article

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