Research Catalog

Title

Light and biological rhythms in man / edited by L. Wetterberg.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wetterberg, Lennart.

Description

xi, 448 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Wenner-Gren international series

Uniform Title

Wenner-Gren Center international symposium series.

Subject

• Biological rhythms
• Light > Physiological effect
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Light
• Biological Clocks > physiology
• Circadian Rhythm > physiology
• Melatonin > physiology
• Phototherapy

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / Lennart Wetterberg -- 1. Biological Rhythms: From Gene Expression to Behavior / Joseph S. Takahashi -- 2. Light - Definitions and Measurements / Roger Wibom -- 3. Mechanisms in the Eye that Mediate the Biological and Therapeutic Effects of Light in Humans / George C. Brainard, James R. Gaddy, Felix M. Barker, John P. Hanifin and Mark D. Rollag -- 4. The Mammalian Melatonin Rhythm Generating System / David C. Klein -- 5. Circadian Photoreception in Mammals and Other Vertebrates / Russell G. Foster and Michael Menaker -- 6. Maternal Entrainment of a Fetal Biological Clock / Steven M. Reppert and David R. Weaver -- 7. Daily Melatonin Infusion Entrains Free-Running Activity in Syrian and Siberian Hamsters / R. Kirsch, S. Belgnaoui, S. Gourmelen and P. Pevet -- 8. Distribution of the Melatonin Receptor in the Central Nervous System of Vertebrates. Kinetic Parameters and Signal Transduction Pathways / Franco Fraschini and Bojidar Stankov.
• 9. Neurotransmitters and Peptides in the Pineal Gland / A. Yuwiler and G. L. Brammer -- 10. The Mammalian Pineal Gland as an End Organ of the Visual System / Russel J. Reiter -- 11. Light Entrainment of Rat and Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythms / Helena Illnerova, Ludmila Samkova and Milena Buresova -- 12. The Use of Melatonin as a Marker for Circadian Phase and as a Chronobiotic in Blind and Sighted Humans / A. J. Lewy and R. L. Sack -- 13. Overview: Unmasking Temperature Data Obtained in Field Conditions / J. Waterhouse, G. Costa, M. Harma, P. Knauth, D. Minors, U. Sitka and D. Weinert -- 14. Some Effects of Light and Melatonin on Human Rhythms / Josephine Arendt -- 15. Understanding the Use of Light to Control the Circadian Pacemaker in Humans / Richard E. Kronauer and Charles A. Czeisler -- 16. Sleep/Wake Regulation / Torbjorn Akerstedt and Simon Folkard -- 17. Hormone Rhythms and Sleep / J. Saini, G. Brandenberger, C. Simon and M. Follenius.
• 18. Biological Rhythms and Sleep Disorders in Man: The Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome / J. Vignau, M. Dahlitz, J. Arendt, J. English and J. D. Parkes -- 19. The Influence of Age, Sex, Height, Weight, Urine Volume and Latitude on Melatonin Concentrations in Urine from Normal Subjects: A Multinational Study / Lennart Wetterberg, Goran Eberhard, Lars von Knorring, M. A. Kohan, Eva Ylipaa, Wolfgang Rutz, Trond Bratlid, Verena Lacoste, Christopher Thompson, Hiroshi Yoneda, Norman E. Rosenthal, Michael McGuire, Alessandro Polleri, Marga Freedman, D. J. Morton, Jenny Redman, Joanne D. Berigannaki, Colin Shaprio, Helen Driver and Arthur Yuwiler -- 20. Individual Variations of Rhythms in Morning and Evening Types with Special Emphasis on Seasonal Differences / Verena Lacoste and Lennart Wetterberg -- 21. Light Regulation of the Menstrual Cycle / Daniel F. Kripke -- 22. Circadian Variation in some Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Functions in Humans / Yvan Touitou and Erhard Haus.
• 23. Peptic Ulcer and Melatonin / F. I. Komarov, S. I. Rapoport, N. K. Malinovskaya, M. V. Neverova and V. A. Borilko -- 24. The Relationship between the Pineal Gland and Cancer: Seasonal Aspects / H. Bartsch, C. Bartsch, D. Mecke and T. H. Lippert -- 25. Light Treatment of Depressive States; Swedish Experience at Latitude [actual symbol not reproducible] North / Bengt Kjellman, Bjorn-Erik Thalen and Lennart Wetterberg -- 26. A Comparison of Two Different Placebo-Controlled SAD Light Treatment Studies / C. I. Eastman, M. A. Young and L. F. Fogg -- 27. Effect of Light on Unmasked Circadian Rhythms in Winter Depression / Anna Wirz-Justice, Peter Graw, Kurt Krauchi, Hans-Joachim Haug, Georg Leonhardt and Daniel P. Brunner -- 28. Light Treatment Versus Drug Treatment in Winter Depression / O. Lingjaerde, T. Reichborn-Kjennerud, A. Haggag, E. M. Berg, K. Narud and I. Gartner -- 29. Light Therapy of Premenstrual Depression / Barbara L. Parry.
• 30. Diagnostic Implications of Seasonality and Seasonal Affective Disorders for the Outcome of Phototherapy / Johan Beck-Friis -- 31. Overview: Light Treatment and Future Directions of Research / Michael Terman -- 32. Melatonin: Historical Aspects / Aaron B. Lerner -- Afterword / David Ottoson.

ISBN

0080422799(HC) :

LCCN

93021167

OCLC

• 28928942
• ocm28928942

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries