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  • Title: A week of simulated night work delays salivary melatonin onset.
    Author: Roach GD, Burgess H, Lamond N, Dorrian J, Holmes A, Fletcher A, McCulloch K, Dawson D.
    Journal: J Hum Ergol (Tokyo); 2001 Dec; 30(1-2):255-60. PubMed ID: 14564892.
    Abstract:
    In most studies, the magnitude and rate of adaptation to various night work schedules is assessed using core body temperature as the marker of circadian phase. The aim of the current study was to assess adaptation to a simulated night work schedule using salivary dim light melatonin onset (DLMO) as an alternative circadian phase marker. It was hypothesised that the night work schedule would result in a phase delay, manifest in relatively later DLMO, but that this delay would be somewhat inhibited by exposure to natural light. Participants worked seven consecutive simulated 8-hour night shifts (23:00-07:00 h). By night 7, there was a mean cumulative phase delay of 5.5 hours, equivalent to an average delay of 0.8 hours per day. This indicates that partial circadian adaptation occurred in response to the simulated night work schedule. The radioimmunoassay used in the current study provides a sensitive assessment of melatonin concentration in saliva that can be used to determine DLMO, and thus provides an alternative phase marker to core body temperature, at least in laboratory studies.
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