Phase-dependent effect of room light exposure in a 5-h advance of the sleep-wake cycle: Implications for jet lag

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-276

  Boivin, Diane B ^a   James, Francine O ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian reentrainment; Human circadian rhythms; Indoor room light; Jet lag; Phototherapy; Plasma melatonin; Subjective alertness; Transmeridian travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACEMAKER; SIMULATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPORT; WAKEFULNESS; ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; ILLUMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; LIGHTING; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 85047686981     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873040201700310     Document Type: Article

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