Designing artificial environments for preterm infants based on circadian studies on pregnant uterus

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Watanabe, Shimpei ^a   Akiyama, Shizuko ^b   Hanita, Takushi ^c   Li, Heng ^d   Nakagawa, Machiko ^e   Kaneshi, Yousuke ^f   Ohta, Hidenobu ^d   Cho, Kazutoshi ^f   Okamura, Kunihiro ^g   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^b   Matsuda, Tadashi ^b   Watanabe, Tatsuya ^b   Saito, Junko ^h   Itani, Yasushi ^a   Ohyama, Makiko ^a   Nishida, Toshihiko ⁱ   Hayakawa, Masahiro ^j   Kawai, Masahiko ^k   Ikeda, Tomoaki ^l   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^m   Ueda, Keiko ^m   Wada, Kazuko ⁿ   Moriya, Takahiro ^o   Nakai, Kunihiko ^o   Hosokawa, Toru ^o   Suzuki, Keita ^p   Iigo, Masayuki ^q   Mishima, Kazuo ^d   Inagaki, Masumi ^d   Kaga, Makiko ^d   Izumi, Hitomi ^d   Seki, Mika ^d   Toda, Takako ^d   Akiyama, Misaki ^d   Matsushima, Yukiko ^d   Honma, Naoki ^r   Suma, Hiroki ^r   Sakashita, Ryuichi ^s   more..

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h MIYAGI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

ⁿ OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r Atom Medical Corp   (Japan)

^s Luceo Co Ltd   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Circadian clocks; Designing artificial environments; Lighting conditions; Pregnant uterus; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886060572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00113     Document Type: Review

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