Exposure to room light before bedtime suppresses melatonin onset and shortens melatonin duration in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gooley, Joshua J ^a   Chamberlain, Kyle ^b   Smith, Kurt A ^a   Khalsa, Sat Bir S ^a   Rajaratnam, Shantha M W ^a   Van Reen, Eliza ^a   Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a   Czeisler, Charles A ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM LIGHT; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952289333     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2098     Document Type: Article

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