Melatonin suppression by light in euthymic bipolar and unipolar patients

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 572-579

  Nurnberger, John I ^a   Adkins, Sherril ^a   Lahiri, Debomoy K ^a   Mayeda, Aimee ^a,b   Hu, Kuolung ^a   Lewy, Alfred ^d   Miller, Aaron ^a   Bowman, Elizabeth S ^a   Miller, Marvin J ^a   Rau, Leela N ^c   Smiley, Carrie ^a   Davis Singh, Dawn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUOXETINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0034085391     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.6.572     Document Type: Article

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