Impact of light therapy on rod and cone functions in healthy subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Gagné, Anne Marie ^a   Gagné, Philippe ^a   Hébert, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone; Dopamine; ERG; Light therapy; Rod; Winter depression

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

ADULT; DARK ADAPTATION; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION;

EID: 34249730599     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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