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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moreover, TV monitors in the control rooms keep track of each subject unless he is in the bathroom. And a rectal temperature probe takes a new temperature reading every second, which allows the subject's core body temperature rhythm to be plotted continuously on a computer screen...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Harvard Lab Studies Daily Biorhythms | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

Blood is drawn intravenously through a tube stretching across the room through an opening in the wall, which can be attached to a subject's arm for up to a week. A technician can therefore draw blood regularly without disturbing the subject, even when he or she is asleep...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Harvard Lab Studies Daily Biorhythms | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

...monitoring and careful control make the circadian rhythm and sleep studies expensive--averaging about $3,500 per day per subject, according to Jayne...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Harvard Lab Studies Daily Biorhythms | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

Huynh says that in one type of procedure used in experiments, called a constant routine, a subject may be required to remain in bed for 40 hours or more while sitting up and staying awake...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Harvard Lab Studies Daily Biorhythms | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

...addition to psychological and physical exams, the subject must agree to certain conditions, which Jayne admits are daunting--especially for college students. During the three weeks prior to the entering the lab, a subject must refrain from having caffeine and must agree to go to bed and wake up within half an hour of the same time...

Author: By Mary W. Lu, | Title: Harvard Lab Studies Daily Biorhythms | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

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