Suppression of salivary melatonin secretion under 100-Hz flickering and non-flickering blue light

Abstract Background Bright light at night is known to suppress melatonin secretion. Novel photoreceptors named intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are mainly responsible for projecting dark/bright information to the suprachiasmatic nucleus and thus regulating the circadian s...

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Main Authors: Tomoaki Kozaki, Yuki Hidaka, Jun-ya Takakura, Yosuke Kusano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-018-0183-9