Melanopsin, photosensitive ganglion cells, and seasonal affective disorder

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-239

  Roecklein, Kathryn A ^a   Wong, Patricia M ^a   Miller, Megan A ^a   Donofry, Shannon D ^a   Kamarck, Marissa L ^a   Brainard, George C ^b  

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

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Melanopsin; Photosensitive retinal ganglion cells; Retinohyopothalamic pathway; Seasonal affective disorder; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ALERTNESS; APPETITE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLUE LIGHT; BLUE LIGHT HAZARD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANOPSIN GENE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOHYPOTHALAMIC TRACT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SLEEP;

EID: 84872575373     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.009     Document Type: Review

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