Circadian rhythm disorders and melatonin production in 127 blind women with and without light perception

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-224

  Flynn Evans, Erin E ^a,b,c   Tabandeh, Homayoun ^d   Skene, Debra J ^c   Lockley, Steven W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

6 sulfatoxymelatonin; blindness; circadian rhythm disorder; circadian rhythms; ipRGCs; melanopsin; melatonin; nonentrained; sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902456644     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730414536852     Document Type: Article

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