The human circadian system adapts to prior photic history

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1095-1102

  Chang, Anne Marie ^a   Scheer, Frank A J L ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 79951991161     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201194     Document Type: Article

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