Bright light imagery does not suppress melatonin.
Bright light imagery does not suppress melatonin.
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明亮的光图像不会抑制褪黑激素。
DOI:
10.1034/j.1600-079x.2000.290109.x
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
Brainard,GC
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作者:
Byrne,B;Rollag,MD;Hanifin,JP;Reed,C;Brainard,GC
To the Editor: Studies using a wide range of species have shown that environmental light is the primary stimulus for regulating circadian rhythms, seasonal cycles and neuroendocrine responses [Wetterberg, 1993]. Research on humans has confirmed that presentation of light during the dark portion of the 24-hr cycle results in suppression of melatonin as measured in blood plasma and that melatonin suppression is a function of intensity, spectrum, timing and duration of exposure to light [Brainard et al., 1997]. Although light is the primary stimulus for regulating the circadian system, other non-photic stimuli such as social cues, sound, temperature, exercise and conditioned stimuli may also influence physiological timing functions [Lakin-Thomas, 1997]. In classical conditioning studies with rats, Golombek et al.[1994] entrained high melatonin levels in the presence of light using restricted water availability as the conditioned stimulus. Similarly, it has been shown that cellular and behavioral circadian phase shifting in rats can be elicited by neutral, non-photic stimuli when they have been paired with light stimuli in a classical conditioning paradigm [Amir and Stewart, 1996]. These animal studies have demonstrated that the circadian and neuroendocrine systems can be subjected to learning processes which can override the usual environmental signals by which these systems operate. In humans, mental imagery has been studied as a stimulus for a range of physiological responses, including heart rate, changes in auditory evoked potentials and motor cortex activation [Kunzendorf, 1990]. More specific to the visual system, vivid imagers have been found to experience afterimages of a fixed size on the retina and to produce evoked potentials in the optic tract which varied in amplitude as an imagined light was increased and then decreased in intensity [Kunzendorf, 1990]. These findings suggest the possibility that human subjects exposed to imagined light might be able to suppress high nocturnal levels of melatonin. If so, the role of higher processing in non-photic responses to bright light would require further elucidation; if not, a placebo-resistant element of the response of the human organism to light would be identified.To test the hypothesis that pineal regulation in humans is susceptible to cognition, two experiments were conducted to determine whether lightinduced melatonin suppression might be duplicated by bright light mental imagery. Subjects measuring high on scales of hypnotic susceptibility were chosen, as highly hypnotizable subjects engaged in mental imagery produce responses not found in those low in hypnotic susceptibility [Wallace 1980; Jenner et al., 1990]. In the first experiment, subjects were three healthy female volunteers, ages 28–32, who had received high scores (between 8 and 11 points) on the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C [Weitzenhoffer and Hilgard, 1962]. Participants spent 3 nights, separated by at least 1 wk, in a sleep laboratory. On each night, blood (10 mL) was drawn from the antecubital vein through an intravenous catheter before and after a 50-min experimental manipulation (02: 00 to 02: 50) as follows: Night 1—awake in darkness; Night 2—awake and facing a fluorescent white light unit; Night 3—awake in darkness during hypnotic induction and suggestions for bright light mental images provided by the author (BB). Plasma samples were stored at− 20 C for radioimmunoassay (RIA). Light was provided by six fluorescent lamps (Vita-Lite, Duro-Test, North Bergen, NJ) in a 2× 4 foot fixture with a UVT diffuser. Illuminance at subject’s cornea (3 feet from the light source) measured 2500 lux with a Minolta …
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发表时间:
1988
期刊:
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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期刊:
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影响因子:
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1973
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发表时间:
1988
期刊:
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1979
期刊:
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
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