Human melatonin regulation is not mediated by the three cone photopic visual system

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 433-436

  Brainard, George C ^b   Hanifin, John P ^b   Rollag, Mark D ^b   Greeson, Jeffrey ^b   Byrne, Brenda ^b   Glickman, Gena ^b   Gerner, Edward ^b   Sanford, Britt ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SLEEP PATTERN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035140378     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.1.7277     Document Type: Article

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