Light and biological rhythms in man /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wetterberg, Lennart
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1993.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Wenner-Gren Center international symposium series ; v. 63.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Biological rhythms : from gene expression to behavior
  • Light and light perception
  • Light : definitions and measurements
  • Mechanisms in the eye that mediate the biological and therapeutic effects of light in humans
  • Mammalian melatonin rhythm generating system
  • Circadian photoreception in mammals and other vertebrates
  • Maternal entrainment of a fetal biological clock
  • Anatomy and physiology of light regulated endogenous oscillators
  • Daily melatonin infusion entrains free-running activity in Syrian and Siberian hamsters
  • Distribution of the melatonin receptor in the central nervous system of vertebrates. Kinetic parameters and signal transduction pathways
  • Neurotransmitters and peptides in the pineal gland
  • Mammalian pineal gland as an end organ of the visual system
  • Light entrainment of rat and human circadian melatonin rhythms
  • Use of melatonin as a marker for circadian phase and as a chronobiotic in blind and sighted humans
  • Light influence on circadian rhythms
  • Overview : unmasking temperature data obtained in field conditions
  • Some effects of light and melatonin on human rhythms
  • Understanding the use of light to control the circadian pacemaker in humans
  • Sleep/wake regulation
  • Hormone rhythms and sleep
  • Biological rhythms and sleep disorders in man : the delayed sleep phase syndrome
  • Circadian, menstrual and seasonal light regulated rhythms
  • Influence of age, sex, height, weight, urine volume and latitude on melatonin concentrations in urine from normal subjects : a multinational study
  • Individual variations of rhythms in morning and evening types with special emphasis on seasonal differences
  • Light regulation of the menstrual cycle
  • Circadian variation in some endocrine and neuroendocrine functions in humans
  • Peptic ulcer and melatonin
  • Relationship between the pineal gland and cancer : seasonal aspects
  • Light treatment of disorders with rhythmic disturbances
  • Light treatment of depressive states; Swedish experience at latitude 59⁰ north
  • Comparison of two different placebo-controlled SAD light treatment studies
  • Effect of light on unmasked circadian rhythms in winter depression
  • Light treatment versus drug treatment in winter depression
  • Light therapy of premenstrual depression
  • Diagnostic implications of seasonality and seasonal affective disorders for the outcome of phototherapy
  • Overview : light treatment and future directions of research
  • Melatonin : historical aspects