Protecting the melatonin rhythm through circadian healthy light exposure

MA Bonmati-Carrion, R Arguelles-Prieto… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Currently, in developed countries, nights are excessively illuminated (light at night), whereas
daytime is mainly spent indoors, and thus people are exposed to much lower light intensities …

The circadian timing system in clinical oncology

PF Innominato, VP Roche, OG Palesh… - Annals of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The circadian timing system (CTS) controls several critical molecular pathways for cancer
processes and treatment effects over the 24 hours, including drug metabolism, cell cycle …

Bright light and mental fatigue: Effects on alertness, vitality, performance and physiological arousal

KCHJ Smolders, YAW de Kort - Journal of environmental psychology, 2014 - Elsevier
Alertness-enhancing effects of bright light are particularly strong at night or after sleep
deprivation. Alerting effects during daytime also exist, yet these appear to be more modest …

The effects of seasons and weather on sleep patterns measured through longitudinal multimodal sensing

SM Mattingly, T Grover, GJ Martinez, T Aledavood… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Previous studies of seasonal effects on sleep have yielded unclear results, likely due to
methodological differences and limitations in data size and/or quality. We measured the …

Outdoor light at night (LAN) is correlated with eveningness in adolescents

C Vollmer, U Michel, C Randler - Chronobiology international, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
External zeitgebers synchronize the human circadian rhythm of sleep and wakefulness.
Humans adapt their chronotype to the day-night cycle, the strongest external zeitgeber. The …

Clock genes and clock-controlled genes in the regulation of metabolic rhythms

G Mazzoccoli, V Pazienza… - Chronobiology …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Daily rotation of the Earth on its axis and yearly revolution around the Sun impose to living
organisms adaptation to nyctohemeral and seasonal periodicity. Terrestrial life forms have …

Daytime light exposure and feelings of vitality: Results of a field study during regular weekdays

K Smolders, YAW De Kort, SM van den Berg - Journal of environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the current study, we investigated daily light exposure and its relation with vitality in
everyday settings on an hour-to-hour basis. The method consisted of experience sampling …

Late dinner impairs glucose tolerance in MTNR1B risk allele carriers: A randomized, cross-over study

J Lopez-Minguez, R Saxena, C Bandín, FA Scheer… - Clinical Nutrition, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & aims Late-night dinner eating is associated with increased risk for type-2
diabetes. The underlying mechanism is unclear. One explanatory hypothesis is that the …

Dipper and non-dipper blood pressure 24-hour patterns: circadian rhythm–dependent physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms

F Fabbian, MH Smolensky, R Tiseo… - Chronobiology …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Neuroendocrine mechanisms are major determinants of the normal 24-h blood pressure
(BP) pattern. At the central level, integration of the major driving factors of this temporal …

Relationship of chronotype to sleep, light exposure, and work-related fatigue in student workers

JS Martin, M Hébert, É Ledoux… - Chronobiology …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Students who work during the school year face the potential of sleep deprivation and its
effects, since they have to juggle between school and work responsibilities along with social …