Short wavelength light filtering by the natural human lens and IOLs - Implications for entrainment of circadian rhythm

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-57

  Brøndsted, Adam Elias ^a   Lundeman, Jesper Holm ^a   Kessel, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cataract; circadian rhythm; intraocular implant lens; lens; melanopsin

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; LIGHT; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; PUPIL; RADIO WAVES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ROD OPSINS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873059772     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02291.x     Document Type: Article

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