Light therapy increases visual contrast sensitivity in seasonal affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Szabó, Zoltán ^a   Antal, Andrea ^b   Tokaji, Zsolt ^c   Kálmán, János ^a   Kéri, Szabolcs ^a,b   Benedek, György ^b   Janka, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Light therapy; Retina; Visual contrast sensitivity; Winter depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842634680     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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