Seasonal Affective Disorder and Light Therapy

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Byrne, Brenda ^a   Brainard, George C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CATARACT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADACHE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETINA INJURY; RETINITIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 64849088730     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2008.01.012     Document Type: Review

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