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Transcranial bright light exposure via ear canals does not suppress nocturnal melatonin in healthy adults--a single-blind, sham-controlled, crossover trial. 2014
Heidi Jurvelin, and
Timo Takala, and
Lilli Heberg, and
Juuso Nissilä, and
Melanie Rüger, and
Juhani Leppäluoto, and
Seppo Saarela, and
Olli Vakkuri
Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu , Oulu , Finland .
We investigated whether transcranial bright light (TBL) affects nocturnal melatonin and cortisol secretion in sham-controlled crossover trial. Young healthy adults were exposed in random order to 24 minutes of TBL or sham exposure via ear canals at 01:10 h. Saliva and urine samples were collected hourly between 21 h-03 h and 06 h-09 h. There were no significant differences in melatonin or cortisol concentrations between TBL and sham exposures at any sampling point indicating that TBL via ear canals does not suppress nocturnal melatonin secretion. Thus, non-visual effects of TBL are mediated via a pathway not involving melatonin suppression.
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