Light-emitting diodes and cool white fluorescent light similarly suppress pineal gland melatonin and maintain retinal function and morphology in the rat

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-304

  Heeke, Darren S ^a   White, Mary P ^a   Mele, Gary D ^a   Hanifin, John P ^b   Brainard, George C ^b   Rollag, Mark D ^c   Winget, Charles M ^d   Holley, Daniel C ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PINEAL BODY; RAT; RETINA INJURY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA;

EID: 0033014477     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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