Light and biological rhythms in man /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1993.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Wenner-Gren Center international symposium series ;
v. 63. |
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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