Short-wavelength enrichment of polychromatic light enhances human melatonin suppression potency

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 352-361

  Brainard, George C ^a   Hanifin, John P ^a   Warfield, Benjamin ^a   Stone, Marielle K ^a   James, Mary E ^a   Ayers, Melissa ^a   Kubey, Alan ^a   Byrne, Brenda ^a   Rollag, Mark ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blue; circadian; fluorescent; light; melanopsin; melatonin; photoreception

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; OPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLASMA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAFETY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CORNEA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; OPSINS; ROD OPSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924709346     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12221     Document Type: Article

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