A tryptophan-rich breakfast and exposure to light with low color temperature at night improve sleep and salivary melatonin level in Japanese students

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wada, Kai ^a   Yata, Shota ^b   Akimitsu, Osami ^a   Krejci, Milada ^c   Noji, Teruki ^b   Nakade, Miyo ^d   Takeuchi, Hitomi ^a   Harada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lighting with low color temperature; Protein rich breakfast; Salivary melatonin; Sunlight exposure; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PYRIDOXINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BANANA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR; COLOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MEAL; PROTEIN DIET; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCCER; SOMNOLENCE; SOYBEAN; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84878007132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-11-4     Document Type: Article

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