Effects of exposure to intermittent versus continuous red light on human circadian rhythms, melatonin suppression, and pupillary constriction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Mien, Ivan Ho ^a   Chua, Eric Chern Pin ^b   Lau, Pauline ^b   Tan, Luuan Chin ^b   Lee, Ivan Tian Guang ^b   Yeo, Sing Chen ^b   Tan, Sara Shuhui ^b   Gooley, Joshua J ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTINUOUS LIGHT EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMITTENT LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MELATONIN SUPPRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLARY CONSTRICTION; RED LIGHT; RETINA CONE; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84900435036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096532     Document Type: Article

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