Melanopsin Gene Polymorphism I394T Is Associated with Pupillary Light Responses in a Dose-Dependent Manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Higuchi, Shigekazu ^a   Hida, Akiko ^b   Tsujimura, Sei Ichi ^c   Mishima, Kazuo ^b   Yasukouchi, Akira ^a   Lee, Sang Il ^a   Kinjyo, Youhei ^a   Miyahira, Manabu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LUMINANCE; MALE; MELANOPSIN GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL REFLEX; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUPIL; ROD OPSINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875548255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060310     Document Type: Article

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