Atypical pattern of rod electroretinogram modulation by recent light history: A possible biomarker of seasonal affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-374

  Gagné, Anne Marie ^a   Hébert, Marc ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Light history; Photoreceptors; Retinal adaptation; Seasonal Affective Disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954618023     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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