Humoral phototransduction: Blood is a messenger

Neuroscientist

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Oren, Dan A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile pigments; Carbon monoxide; Circadian rhythms; Hemoglobin; Light; Nitric oxide; Psychiatric disorders; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001275285     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849600200408     Document Type: Article

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