Timing of light exposure affects mood and brain circuits

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bedrosian, T A ^a   Nelson, R J ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAY LENGTH; EMOTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP; AFFECT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; TIME FACTOR;

AFFECT; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MOOD DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTOPERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020880304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.262     Document Type: Article

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