Publication Date:
1980-12-12
Description:
Bright artificial light suppressed nocturnal secretion of melatonin in six normal human subjects. Room light of less intensity, which is sufficient to suppress melatonin secretion in other mammals, failed to do so in humans. In contrast to the results of previous experiments in which ordinary room light was used, these findings establish that the human response to light is qualitatively similar to that of other mammals.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lewy, A J -- Wehr, T A -- Goodwin, F K -- Newsome, D A -- Markey, S P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Dec 12;210(4475):1267-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7434030" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Circadian Rhythm
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Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
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Female
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Humans
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*Light
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Male
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Melatonin/*secretion
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Pineal Gland/secretion
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Secretory Rate
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
