Inter-individual difference in pupil size correlates to suppression of melatonin by exposure to light

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 440, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a,b   Ishibashi, Keita ^c   Aritake, Sayaka ^a   Enomoto, Minori ^a   Hida, Akiko ^a   Tamura, Miyuki ^a   Kozaki, Tomoaki ^c   Motohashi, Yutaka ^b   Mishima, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Individual difference; Light; Melanopsin; Melatonin; Pupil

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MYDRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPILLOMETRY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PUPIL; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45049083615     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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