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ArticleJournal of biological rhythms2024

The Impact of Pupil Constriction on the Relationship Between Melanopic EDI and Melatonin Suppression in Young Adult Males.

Isabel Schöllhorn, Oliver Stefani, Robert J Lucas, Manuel Spitschan, Christian Epple, Christian Cajochen

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Article in Journal of biological rhythms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Isabel SchöllhornCentre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9067-1614
Oliver StefaniCentre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0199-6500
Robert J LucasCentre for Biological Timing, School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1088-8029
Manuel SpitschanTranslational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8572-9268
Christian EppleCentre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christian CajochenCentre for Chronobiology, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2699-7171

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pupil modulates the amount of light that reaches the retina. Not only luminance but also the spectral distribution defines the pupil size. Previous research has identified steady-state pupil size and melatonin attenuation to be predominantly driven by melanopsin, which is expressed by a unique subgroup of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) that are sensitive to short-wavelength light (~480 nm). Here, we aimed to selectively target the melanopsin system during the evening, while measuring steady-state pupil size and melatonin concentrations under commonly experienced evening light levels (<90 lx). Therefore, we used a five-primary display prototype to generate light conditions that were matched in terms of L-, M-, and S-cone-opic irradiances, but with high and low melanopic irradiances (~3-fold difference). Seventy-two healthy, male participants completed a 2-week study protocol. The volunteers were assigned to one of the four groups that differed in luminance levels (27-285 cd/m

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