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. 2019 Jul 4;1(3):290–305. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep1030025

Table 1.

Experimental lighting conditions for Experiments 1 and 2.

Experiment 1 # Cycles @ T Photoperiod Conditions
Precondition 10 @ 24 h LDark14:10 (n = 40)
Phase 1—Bifurcation Induction 56 @ 12 h LDim4:8 (n = 16) LDim6:6 (n = 8) LDim8:4 (n = 8) LDim10:2 (n = 8)
Phase 2—Bifurcation After-effects 84 @ 12 h LDim4:8 LDim4:8 LDim4:8 LDim4:8
Phase 3—Constant Conditions 14 @ 24 h DimDim DimDim DimDim DimDim
Experiment 2 # Cycles @ T Photoperiod Conditions
Precondition 10 @ 24 h LDark14:10 (n = 44)
Phase 1a/1b—Bifurcation Induction 56 @ 12 h LDim4:8 (n = 10) LDim5:7 (n = 12) LDim6:6 (n = 12) LDim7:5 (n = 10)
Phase 1c—Dark nights 28 @ 12 h LDark4:8 LDark5:7 LDark6:6 LDark7:5
Phase 1d—Dim nights 28 @ 12 h LDim4:8 LDim5:7 LDim6:6 LDim7:5
Phase 2—T15 Entrainment 26 @ 15 h LDim7:8 LDim8:7 LDim9:6 LDim10:5
Phase 3—T15 After-effects 56 @ 15 h LDim7:8 LDim7:8 LDim7:8 LDim7:8