Effectiveness of evening phototherapy for insomnia is reduced by bright daytime light exposure

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 805-807

  Zeitzer, Jamie M ^a,b   Friedman, Leah ^a,b   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm disorders; Humans; Phototherapy; Sleep; Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders; Sleep phase chronotherapy

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHT EVENING LIGHT; BRIGHT MORNING LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENING PHOTOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSOMNIA; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGING; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052964609     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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