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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)

From: A review of the studies on nonvisual lighting effects in the field of physiological anthropology

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