Circadian lighting research findings

Here are research papers about circadian lighting:

  1. Aan Het Rot, M., Moskowitz, D. S. and Young, S. N., (2007) Exposure to bright light is associated with positive social interaction and good mood over short time periods: A naturalistic study in mildly seasonal people. J Psychiatr. Res, (4):311-320.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17275841 (cited by 27)

  1. Berson, D. M., Dunn, D. A. and Takao, M., (2002) Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock. Science 295 (5557):1070-1073.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834835 (cited by 2333)

  1. Campbell, S. S., Dijk, D. J., Boulos, Z. Eastman, C. I., Lewy, A. J. and Terman, M, (1995) Light treatment for sleep disorders: consensus report. III. Alerting and activating effects. J.Biol.Rhythms 10 (2):129-132.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7632986 (cited by 95)

  1. Czeisler CA, Shanahan T. L., Klerman E. B., Martens H., Brotman D. J., Emens J. S., Klein T., Rizzo J. F., III (1995) Suppression of melatonin secretion in some blind patients by exposure to bright light. N Engl J Med 332: 6-11.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7990870 (cited by 625)

  1. Czeisler, C.A., Duffy, J. F., Shanahan, T. L. Brown, E. N. Mitchell, J. F. Rimmer, D. W. Ronda, J. M. Silva, E. J. Allan, J. S. Emens, J. S. Dijk, D. J. and Kronauer. R. E. (1999) Stability, precision, and near-24-hour period of the human circadian pacemaker. Science, 284 (5423):2177-2181.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10381883 (cited by: 1314)

  1. Dijk, D.J., Shanahan, T. L., Duffy J.F., Ronda, J. M. and Czeisler, C. A., (1997) Variation of electroencephalographic activity during non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye movement sleep with phase of circadian melatonin rhythm in humans. J Physiol 505 ( Pt 3):851-858.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9457658 (cited by 205)

  1. Golden, R. N. Gaynes, B. N. Ekstrom, R. D. Hamer, R. M. Jacobsen, F. M. Suppes, T. Wisner, K. L. and Nemero, C. B, (2005) The efficacy of light therapy in the treatment of mood disorders: a review and meta-analysis of the evidence. Am.J.Psychiatry 162 (4):656-662.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15800134 (cited by 775)

  1. Hattar S., Liao H. W., Takao M., Berson D.M., Yau K.W. (2002) Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells: architecture, projections, and intrinsic photosensitivity. Science. 295(5557):1065-1070.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834834 (cited by 1717)

  1. Lambert, G. W., Reid, C., Kaye, D. M., Jennings, G. L. and M. D., (2002) Effect of sunlight and season on serotonin turnover in the brain. Lancet  (9348):1840-1842.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12480364 (cited by 407)

  1. Mills, Peter R et al. “The effect of high correlated colour temperature office lighting on employee wellbeing and work performance.” Journal of circadian rhythms vol. 5 2. 11 Jan. 2007, doi:10.1186/1740-3391-5-2

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779263/ (cited by 324)

  1. Mishima K, Okawa M, Shimizu T, Hishikawa Y (2001) Diminished melatonin secretion in the elderly caused by insufficient environmental illumination. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86: 129-134.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11231989 (cited by 229)

  1. Partonen, T. and Lonnqvist, J, (2000) Bright light improves vitality and alleviates distress in healthy people. J.Affect.Disord. 57 (1-3):55-61.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10708816 (cited by 193)

  1. Phipps-Nelson, J., Redman, J. R., Dijk, D. J. and Rajaratnam, S. M., (2003) Daytime exposure to bright light, as compared to dim light, decreases sleepiness and improves psychomotor vigilance performance. Sleep 26 (6):695-700.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14572122 (cited by 265)

  1. Provencio I, Rodriguez I.R., Jiang G., Hayes W.P., Moreira E.F. and Rollag M.D.A (2000) novel human opsin in the inner retina. J Neurosci. 20(2):600-605

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10632589 (cited by 971)

  1. Riemersma-van der Lek, R. F., Swaab, D. F., Twisk, J., Hol, E. M., Hoogendijk, W. J. G. and Van Someren. E. J. W, (2008) Effect of Bright Light and Melatonin on Cognitive and Noncognitive Function in Elderly Residents of Group Care Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 299 (22):2642-2655.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/273623 (cited by 529)

  1. Santhi N, Thorne HC, van der Veen DR, Johnsen S, Mills SL, Hommes V, Schlangen LJM, Archer SN, Dijk DJ (2011) The spectral composition of evening light and individual differences in the suppression of melatonin and delay of sleep in humans. J Pineal Res 53: 47-59.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22017511 (cited by 100)

  1. Sleegers, P. J. C., Moolenaar, N. M., Galetzka, M., Pruyn, A., Sarroukh, B. E. and van der Zande. B, (2012) Lighting affects students’ concentration positively: Findings from three Dutch studies. Lighting Res.Technol. (4):1-17.

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1477153512446099 (cited by 49)

  1. Tuunainen, A., Kripke, D.F. and Endo. T. (2004) Light therapy for non-seasonal depression. Cochrane. Database.Syst.Rev. (2):CD004050.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15106233 (cited by 282)

  1. Viola, A. U., James, L. M., Schlangen, L. J., and Dijk D. J., (2008) Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality. Scand.J Work Environ.Health, 34(4):297-306

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18815716 (cited by 225)

  1. Wirz-Justice, A., Benedetti, F. and Terman, M., (2009) Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders : A Clinician’s Manual for Light and Wake Therapy, Basel:Karger,

https://www.karger.com/Book/Home/244116 (cited by: 183)

  1. Zeitzer, J. M., Dijk, D. J., Kronauer, R. E., Brown, E. n. and Czeisler, A., (2000) Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression. J.Physiol 526 Pt 3:695-702, 2000.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270041/ (cited by 780)

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