Short-wavelength sensitivity for activating effects of light: An ascent to the arcane?

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-141

  Campbell, Scott S ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOTE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AROUSAL; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SLEEP;

EID: 33646903010     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.2.140     Document Type: Editorial

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