Effects of light on cognitive brain responses depend on circadian phase and sleep homeostasis

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-259

  Vandewalle, Gilles ^a   Archer, Simon N ^b   Wuillaume, Catherine ^a   Balteau, Evelyne ^a   Degueldre, Christian ^a   Luxen, André ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^b   Maquet, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circadian; cognition; fMRI; light; melanopsin; PER3 polymorphism; sleep

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; PER3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SCOTOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SLEEP;

ADULT; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; ROD OPSINS; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957944359     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730411401736     Document Type: Article

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