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. 2019 Jan 22;38:2. doi: 10.1186/s40101-018-0190-x

Table 4.

Summary of other studies on the nonvisual effects of light in the field of physiological anthropology published in the JPA from 1992 to 2018 (data from January to October were obtained in 2018)

Author Year Condition Parameters measured
Lighting Others
Küller R. [78] 2002 Review on the influence of light on circadian rhythms and circannual rhythms
Yasukouchi A. [79] 2005 Review on human adaptability to artificial light environment, based on evaluations from CNS, ANS, and biological rhythm.
Tsumura Y, Hirota N, Tokura H, Sone Y, Lesinski F, Rutkowska D, Barinow-Wojewodzki A. [71] 2005 ·Subjects: Japanese and Polish
·Tests were conducted at the summer of 2004 in Japan and Poland.
·Orocecal transit time (OOCT) for minestrone and for lactosucrose
·amount of undigested carbohydrate of minestrone (UCM)
Hanifin JP, Brainard GC. [80] 2007 Review on photoreception for circadian, neuroendocrine, and neurobehavioral regulation.
Ueno-Towatari T, Norimatsu K, Blazejczyk K, Tokura H, Morita T. [72] 2007 Field study ·Melatonin (every 3 h from 10:00 on Thursday to 07:00 on Friday in four seasons)
·Light intensity (every 1 min for 5 day in four seasons)
Nakade M, Takeuchi H, Taniwaki N, Noji T, Harada T. [73] 2009 Subjects: infants (2–6 years) ·Integrated questionnaire (Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, sleep habits, breakfast habits, mental health, morning exposure to sunlight)
Tanaka M, Hosoe K, Hamada T, Morita T. [75] 2010 Subjects: elder males and females studied before and after their cataract surgery ·Melatonin·Amounts of light exposure
·Activity (sleep efficiency, sleep latency)
·Wake-up time, retiring time
Nakade M, Akimitsu O, Wada K, Krejci M, Noji T, Taniwaki N, Takeuchi H, Harada T. [74] 2012 Subjects: infants (2–6 years) ·Integrated questionnaire (Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, sleep habits, breakfast habits, mental health, morning exposure to sunlight)
Crowley SK, Youngstedt SD. [81] 2012 Review on light therapy for perinatal depression
Lee SI, Hida A, Kitamura S, Mishima K, Higuchi S. [76] 2014 ·Melanopsin gene of single nucleotide polymorphism of Ile394Thr:TT, TC, CC
·Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire
·sleep habits (bedtime, wake time, sleep duration)
Daneault V, Dumont M, Masse E, Vandewalle G, Carrier J. [82] 2016 Review on neural pathways underlying effects of light on NIF functions, and discussed eye and cerebral mechanisms associated with aging
Adamsson M, Laike T, Morita T. [77] 2017 Field study South of Sweden (56° N)
February 2008 to January 2009
3-day/month, beginning at 12:00 on Tuesday and ending at 12:00 on Friday
·Melatonin
·Cortisol
·Light exposure (illuminance)
·Spectral composition of the exposing irradiance