Melatonin regulation in humans with color vision deficiencies

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2980-2985

  Ruberg, Frederick L ^a   Skene, Debra J ^c   Hanifin, John P ^a   Rollag, Mark D ^b   English, Judie ^c   Arendt, Josephine ^c   Brainard, George C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029831648     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.8.2980     Document Type: Article

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