Daily Light Exposure Patterns Reveal Phase and Period of the Human Circadian Clock

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 274-286

  Woelders, Tom ^a   Beersma, Domien G M ^a   Gordijn, Marijke C M ^a,b   Hut, Roelof A ^a   Wams, Emma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Chrono Work BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

activity; ambulatory; CBT; circadian pacemaker; core body temperature; DLMO; intrinsic period; light; modeling; tau

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SLEEP;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP;

EID: 85014510033     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730417696787     Document Type: Article

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