Impact of age on human non-visual responses to light

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-94

  Revell, Victoria L ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Blue light; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; PER2 PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY;

EID: 77953203054     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00418.x     Document Type: Review

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