Charles A. Czeisler

Research interests

Publications

• Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults

  PLoS Biology · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001571

• Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19–Related Concerns — United States, June 2020

  MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6936a4

• Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 24–30, 2020

  MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6932a1

• Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing

  Scientific Reports · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03171-4

• Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418490112

• Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

  Trends in Neurosciences · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2013.10.004

• Adverse Metabolic Consequences in Humans of Prolonged Sleep Restriction Combined with Circadian Disruption

  Science Translational Medicine · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3003200

• Short-Wavelength Sensitivity for the Direct Effects of Light on Alertness, Vigilance, and the Waking Electroencephalogram in Humans

  SLEEP · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/29.2.161

• The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care*

  Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000171609.91035.bd

• Extended Work Shifts and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes among Interns

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa041401

• Effect of Reducing Interns' Work Hours on Serious Medical Errors in Intensive Care Units

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa041406

• Effect of Reducing Interns' Weekly Work Hours on Sleep and Attentional Failures

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa041404

• High Sensitivity of the Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythm to Resetting by Short Wavelength Light

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2003-030570

• A Phase Response Curve to Single Bright Light Pulses in Human Subjects

  The Journal of Physiology · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040477

• Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression

  The Journal of Physiology · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00695.x

• Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness

  Behavioural Brain Research · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0166-4328(00)00236-9

• Stability, Precision, and Near-24-Hour Period of the Human Circadian Pacemaker

  Science · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.284.5423.2177

• Suppression of Melatonin Secretion in Some Blind Patients by Exposure to Bright Light

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199501053320102

• Contribution of the circadian pacemaker and the sleep homeostat to sleep propensity, sleep structure, electroencephalographic slow waves, and sleep spindle activity in humans

  Journal of Neuroscience · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.15-05-03526.1995

• Paradoxical timing of the circadian rhythm of sleep propensity serves to consolidate sleep and wakefulness in humans

  Neuroscience Letters · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)90841-9

• Bright Light Induction of Strong (Type 0) Resetting of the Human Circadian Pacemaker

  Science · 1989 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2734611

• Concurrent Morning Increase in Platelet Aggregability and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Cardiac Death

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1987 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198706113162405

• Bright Light Resets the Human Circadian Pacemaker Independent of the Timing of the Sleep-Wake Cycle

  Science · 1986 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3726555

• Circadian Variation in the Frequency of Onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1985 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198511213132103

• Human Sleep: Its Duration and Organization Depend on Its Circadian Phase

  Science · 1980 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7434029

Current projects

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