Vol. 33 (3) 2012 Neuro endocrinology letters

A perinatal signature of light on chronobiology? If so, numerous questions arise and experimental animal research must provide more information.

: That light and melatonin rhythms provide both clock and calendar information in humans and numerous other species is beyond dispute; this holds true for all stages of life, including the very early ones. Experimental evidence elucidates that exposure to light and melatonin titres are keys for the very development of circadian and seas.....