Exposure to room light before bedtime surpresses melatonin onset and shortens melatonin duration in humans

Joshua Gooley, Kylie Chamberlain, Kurt Smith, Sat Khalsa, Shanthakumar M W Rajaratnam, Eliza Van Reen, Jamie Zeitzer, Charles Czeisler, Steven Lockley

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Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that exposure to room light in the late evening suppresses the onset of melatonin synthesis and shortens the duration of melatonin production.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)E463 - E472
Number of pages10
JournalThe Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Volume96
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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