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. 2008 Aug;23(4):374-6.
doi: 10.1177/0748730408318592.

Human tau in an ultradian light-dark cycle

Helen J Burgess, Charmane I Eastman

Human tau in an ultradian light-dark cycle

Helen J Burgess et al. J Biol Rhythms. 2008 Aug.
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Figure 1
The frequency histogram of tau calculated from 32 young healthy subjects exposed to an ultradian light-dark cycle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The association between the phase angle of entrainment (baseline dim light melatonin onset [DLMO] relative to bedtime or lights-out) and tau observed during an ultradian light-dark cycle in 14 young healthy subjects (placebo 1st group).
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