Response of the human circadian system to millisecond flashes of light

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b   Ruby, Norman F ^a   Fisicaro, Ryan A ^a   Heller, H Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SIGMA RHYTHM; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

RODENTIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960089163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022078     Document Type: Article

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