Does ambient light at night reduce total melatonin production?

Hormones (Athens). 2016 Jan-Mar;15(1):142-3. doi: 10.14310/horm.2002.1613.

Authors

Christopher C M Kyba¹, Thomas Kantermann²

Affiliations

¹ Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Munich, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.
² Chronobiology Unit, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 4Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Clinical Centre Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 26732167
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1613

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent Development / physiology*
Circadian Rhythm / physiology*
Female
Humans
Light*
Male
Melatonin / metabolism*
Sleep / physiology*

Substances

Melatonin