Visual impairment and circadian rhythm disorders

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-314

  Lockley, Steven W ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^b   Skene, Debra J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced sleep phase syndrome; Alertness; Blindness; Circadian; Delayed sleep phase syndrome; Entrainment; Melatonin; Non 24 hour sleep wake disorder; Performance; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 35548956965     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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