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Human melatonin and alerting response to blue-enriched light depend on a polymorphism in the clock gene PER3.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Mar 2012
Chellappa Sarah L, Viola Antoine U, Schmidt Christina, Bachmann Valérie, Gabel Virginie, Maire Micheline, Reichert Carolin F, Valomon Amandine, Götz Thomas, Landolt Hans-Peter, Cajochen Christian
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CONTEXT: Light exposure, particularly at the short-wavelength range, triggers several nonvisual responses in humans. However, the extent to which the melatonin-suppressing and alerting effect of light differs among individuals remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: Here we investigated whether blue-enriched polychromatic light impacts differentially on melatonin and subjective and objective alertness in healthy participants...
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