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. 1983;7(4-6):551-6.
doi: 10.1016/0278-5846(83)90024-6.

Effects of light on human melatonin production and the human circadian system

A J Lewy

Effects of light on human melatonin production and the human circadian system

A J Lewy. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1983.

Abstract

Bright artificial light appears to have similar effects in humans as in other species. Bright light may therefore be used as a clinical research tool and as a therapeutic modality for treating certain biological rhythm disorders. Melatonin production appears to be a particularly useful "biological marker" for the human endogenous circadian pacemaker and the effects of light.

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