Bright-light therapy in the treatment of mood disorders

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-162

  Pail, Gerald ^a   Huf, Wolfgang ^a   Pjrek, Edda ^a   Winkler, Dietmar ^a   Willeit, Matthaeus ^a   Praschak Rieder, Nicole ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Depression; Melatonin; Seasonal affective disorder; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MOOD DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 79961130958     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328950     Document Type: Review

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