Abnormal hypothalamic response to light in seasonal affective disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 954-961

  Vandewalle, Gilles ^a   Hébert, Marc ^b   Beaulieu, Catherine ^a   Richard, Laurence ^a   Daneault, Véronique ^a   Garon, Marie Lou ^a   Leblanc, Jean ^a   Grandjean, Didier ^c   Maquet, Pierre ^d   Schwartz, Sophie ^c   Dumont, Marie ^a   Doyon, Julien ^a   Carrier, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion; fMRI; hypothalamus; light; melanopsin; mood; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOOD; NIGHT VISION; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; WINTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054910685     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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