Circadian rhythms in the human pupil and eyelid

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2 40-2, 1996, Pages

  Loving, R T ^a   Kripke, D F ^b   Glazner, L K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dapiprazole; pineal; superior cervical ganglion; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 0029833076     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.2.r320     Document Type: Article

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