Non-circadian direct effects of light on sleep and alertness: Lessons from transgenic mouse models

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 445-452

  Hubbard, Jeffrey ^a,b   Ruppert, Elisabeth ^a,b   Gropp, Claire Marie ^a,b   Bourgin, Patrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Alertness; Direct non circadian non image forming effects; Flip flop switch; Light; Melanopsin; Rods cones; SCN; Sleep regulation; Transgenic mice models; VLPO

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN;

ALERTNESS; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DIURNAL ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MASKING; NERVE TRACT; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NON CIRCADIAN DIRECT EFFECT; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLICATION; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP QUALITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WAKEFULNESS;

ALERTNESS; DIRECT NON-CIRCADIAN NON-IMAGE-FORMING EFFECTS; FLIP-FLOP SWITCH; LIGHT; MELANOPSIN; RODS/CONES; SCN; SLEEP REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MICE MODELS; VLPO;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROD OPSINS; SLEEP; VISION, OCULAR; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84887605894     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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