No melatonin suppression by illumination of popliteal fossae or eyelids

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-269

  Jean Louis, Girardin ^a,b   Kripke, Daniel F ^a,b   Cole, Roger J ^c   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Synchrony Applied Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Extraocular photoreception; Illumination; Light mask; Melatonin suppression; Pineal; Popliteal

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034084181     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873040001500307     Document Type: Article

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