Influence of eye colors of Caucasians and Asians on suppression of melatonin secretion by light

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a,b   Motohashi, Yutaka ^a   Ishibashi, Keita ^c   Maeda, Takafumi ^d  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Ethnic; Iris; Pigmentation; Retina

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; ETHNICITY; EYE; EYE COLOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SALIVA;

EID: 34447529290     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00355.2006     Document Type: Article

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