Impact of oral melatonin on the electroretinogram cone response

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gagné, Anne Marie ^a   Danilenko, Konstantin V ^b   Rosolen, Serge G ^c,d   Hébert, Marc ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^d CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NATROL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; RETINA CONE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 71549170828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17403391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-7-14     Document Type: Article

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