Evidence of a Biological Effect of Light Therapy on the Retina of Patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Lavoie, Marie Pier ^a   Lam, Raymond W ^d   Bouchard, Guylain ^b   Sasseville, Alexandre ^a   Charron, Marie Claude ^a   Gagné, Anne Marie ^a   Tremblay, Philippe ^b   Filteau, Marie Josée ^c   Hébert, Marc ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Clinique Marie Fitzback   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone; electroretinography; light therapy; melatonin; rod; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA ROD; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUMMER; TREATMENT DURATION; WINTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETINA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649406098     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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