NEURAL BASIS AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF MASKING BY LIGHT IN MAMMALS: SUPPRESSION OF MELATONIN AND LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Chronobiology International
- Vol. 18 (5) , 737-758
- https://doi.org/10.1081/cbi-100107511
Abstract
Light influences mammalian circadian rhythms in two different ways: (1) It entrains endogenous oscillators (clocks), which regulate physiology and behavior; and (2) it affects directly and often im...Keywords
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