Changes in pupil reaction to light in melancholic patients

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-128

  Fountoulakis, K ^a   Fotiou, F ^a   Iacovides, A ^a   Tsiptsios, J ^a   Goulas, A ^a   Tsolaki, M ^a   Ierodiakonou, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Autonomic nervous system; Depression; Norepinephrine; Pupillometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0032967187     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(98)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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