"Light" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range.
| Descriptor ID |
D008027
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.358.500.505.650 G01.590.540 G01.750.250.650 G01.750.770.578
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| Concept/Terms |
Light- Light
- Photoradiation
- Photoradiations
Light, Visible- Light, Visible
- Visible Light
- Radiation, Visible
- Visible Radiation
- Radiations, Visible
- Visible Radiations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Light" by people in Profiles.
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Extending weeknight sleep of delayed adolescents using weekend morning bright light and evening time management. Sleep. 2023 01 11; 46(1).
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Desynchronizing the sleep---wake cycle from circadian timing to assess their separate contributions to physiology and behaviour and to estimate intrinsic circadian period. Nat Protoc. 2023 02; 18(2):579-603.
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Late bedtimes prevent circadian phase advances to morning bright light in adolescents. Chronobiol Int. 2018 11; 35(12):1748-1752.
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Human Adolescent Phase Response Curves to Bright White Light. J Biol Rhythms. 2017 08; 32(4):334-344.
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Circadian rhythms of European and African-Americans after a large delay of sleep as in jet lag and night work. Sci Rep. 2016 11 07; 6:36716.
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A single dose of alcohol does not meaningfully alter circadian phase advances and phase delays to light in humans. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2016 Apr 15; 310(8):R759-65.
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Estimating the dim light melatonin onset of adolescents within a 6-h sampling window: the impact of sampling rate and threshold method. Sleep Med. 2016 04; 20:59-66.
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Effect of Light and Melatonin and Other Melatonin Receptor Agonists on Human Circadian Physiology. Sleep Med Clin. 2015 Dec; 10(4):435-53.
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Increased Sensitivity of the Circadian System to Light in Early/Mid-Puberty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Nov; 100(11):4067-73.
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Comparing the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire and Munich ChronoType Questionnaire to the Dim Light Melatonin Onset. J Biol Rhythms. 2015 Oct; 30(5):449-53.