Spectral modulation attenuates molecular, endocrine, and neurobehavioral disruption induced by nocturnal light exposure

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Rahman, Shadab A ^a,b   Marcu, Shai ^c   Shapiro, Colin M ^b,c   Brown, Theodore J ^a,b   Casper, Robert F ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alertness; Circadian rhythms; Cortisol; Melatonin; Mood; Short wavelength light; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT; NOCTURNAL LIGHT EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMNOLENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WHITE LIGHT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SLEEP;

EID: 79952168741     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00597.2010     Document Type: Article

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