Review Article| Volume 10, ISSUE 4, P435-453, December 2015

Effect of Light and Melatonin and Other Melatonin Receptor Agonists on Human Circadian Physiology

  • Jonathan S. Emens
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    Department of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, P3-PULM, Portland, OR 97239, USA

    Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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  • Helen J. Burgess
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    Corresponding author.
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    Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 425, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Published:September 07, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2015.08.001

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