An action spectrum for melatonin suppression: Evidence for a novel non-rod, non-cone photoreceptor system in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 535, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 261-267

  Thapan, Kavita ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; MELATONIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MALE; NIGHT; NIGHT VISION; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VOLUNTEER; ACTION SPECTRUM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENS DENSITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SPECTRUM;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0035880993     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.t01-1-00261.x     Document Type: Article

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