A TRAIN OF BLUE LIGHT PULSES DELIVERED THROUGH CLOSED EYELIDS SUPPRESSES MELATONIN AND PHASE SHIFTS THE HUMAN CIRCADIAN SYSTEM

A train of blue light pulses delivered through closed eyelids suppresses melatonin and phase shifts the human circadian system

Mariana G Figueiro, Andrew Bierman, Mark S ReaLighting Research MLB Sets Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USAAbstract: A model of circadian phototransduction was published in 2005 to predict the spectral sensitivity of the human circadian system to narrow-band and polychromatic light sources by combining responses to light from t

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The work of a reviewer is a challenging commitment.There are no monetary rewards and their time and dedication often go unrecognised although no journal could exist without them.All scientific journals have an enormous responsibility in ensuring the papers that it publishers reflect the accepted principles and methods of scientific research.Their i

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Ressurskrise og borgerkrig

In recent years one of the most prolific debates within Norwegian medieval history has been about the civil wars and state formation in the period 1130-1240 AD.While the historian Hans Jacob Orning argues that B Vitamins short-term external causes must be granted more importance in discussion of these shifts in power, the historian Sverre Bagge has

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