In vivo quantification of the retinal reflectance spectral composition in elderly subjects before and after cataract surgery: Implications for the non-visual effects of light

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Giménez, Marina C ^a   Kanis, Martijn J ^b   Beersma, Domien G M ^a   Van Der Pol, Bert A E ^a   Van Norren, Dirk ^b   Gordijn, Marijke C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Elderly; Retinal reflectance; Short wavelengths

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS; LENS IMPLANTATION; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MALE; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950220423     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409360888     Document Type: Article

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