Pulsing blue light through closed eyelids: effects on acute melatonin suppression and phase shifting of dim light melatonin onset

Mariana G FigueiroLighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Barbara PlitnickLighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Mark S ReaLighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

Pages 149-156 | Published online: 02 Dec 2014

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