Melanopsin gene variations interact with season to predict sleep onset and chronotype

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1036-1047

  Roecklein, Kathryn A ^a,b   Wong, Patricia M ^a   Franzen, Peter L ^c   Hasler, Brant P ^c   Wood Vasey, W Michael ^d   Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit L ^c,e   Miller, Megan A ^a   Kepreos, Kyle M ^d   Ferrell, Robert E ^e   Manuck, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Genetics; Melanopsin; Seasonal affective disorder; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SLEEP;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROD OPSINS; SEASONS; SLEEP;

EID: 84866267532     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.706766     Document Type: Article

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