The heritability of melatonin secretion and sensitivity to bright nocturnal light in twins

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 867-875

  Hallam, Karen T ^a   Olver, James S ^a   Chambers, Vanessa ^b   Begg, Denovan P ^b   McGrath, Caroline ^a   Norman, Trevor R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Endophenotype; Heritability; Light sensitivity; Melatonin; Twin study

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC LOAD; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745249131     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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