Bright-light exposure during daytime sleeping affects nocturnal melatonin secretion after simulated night work
Bright-light exposure during daytime sleeping affects nocturnal melatonin secretion after simulated night work
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DOI:
10.1080/07420528.2017.1394321
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Wakamura, Tomoko
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作者:
Nagashima, Shunsuke;Osawa, Madoka;Wakamura, Tomoko
The guidelines for night and shift workers recommend that after night work, they should sleep in a dark environment during the daytime. However, staying in a dark environment during the daytime reduces nocturnal melatonin secretion and delays its onset. Daytime bright-light exposure after night work is important for melatonin synthesis the subsequent night and for maintaining the circadian rhythms. However, it is not clear whether daytime sleeping after night work should be in a dim- or a bright-light environment for maintaining melatonin secretion. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the effect of bright-light exposure during daytime sleeping on nocturnal melatonin secretion after simulated night work. Twelve healthy male subjects, aged 24.8 +/- 4.6 (mean +/- SD), participated in 3-day sessions under two experimental conditions, bright light or dim light, in a random order. On the first day, the subjects entered the experimental room at 16:00 and saliva samples were collected every hour between 18:00 and 00:00 under dim-light conditions. Between 00:00 and 08:00, they participated in tasks that simulated night work. At 10:00 the next morning, they slept for 6hours under either a bright-light condition (>3000lx) or a dim-light condition (