Open AccessCircadian Time of Morning Light Administration and Therapeutic Response in Winter Depression
Author(s) -
Jiuan Su Terman,
Michael Terman,
EeSing Lo,
Thomas B. Cooper
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.58.1.69
Subject(s) - morning , evening , circadian rhythm , melatonin , endocrinology , dark therapy , medicine , psychology , physics , astronomy
We investigated a possible mechanism of action for the antidepressant response to light-phase advances of the circadian clock-by measuring the onset of melatonin secretion before and after light treatment in the morning or evening.
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