The post illumination pupil response is reduced in seasonal affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-158

  Roecklein, Kathryn ^a   Wong, Patricia ^a   Ernecoff, Natalie ^a   Miller, Megan ^a   Donofry, Shannon ^a   Kamarck, Marissa ^a   Wood Vasey, W Michael ^b   Franzen, Peter ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanopsin; Pupillometry; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MELANOPSIN; PROLINE; THREONINE; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; OPN4 GENE; POST ILLUMINATION PUPIL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WINTER;

MELANOPSIN; PUPILLOMETRY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADIE SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; ROD OPSINS; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885857652     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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