Dim light at night disturbs the daily sleep-wake cycle in the rat

Exposure to light at night (LAN) is associated with insomnia in humans. Light provides the main input to the master clock in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) that coordinates the sleep-wake cycle. We aimed to develop a rodent model for the effects of LAN on sleep. Therefore, we exposed...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Jan Stenvers, Dirk, van Dorp, Rick, Foppen, Ewout, Mendoza, Jorge, Opperhuizen, Anne-Loes, Fliers, Eric, Bisschop, Peter H., Meijer, Johanna H., Kalsbeek, Andries, Deboer, Tom
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Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5071835/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27762290
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35662
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