Effect of phototherapy on spontaneous eye blink rate in subjects with seasonal affective disorder
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 145 (11) , 1457-1459
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.145.11.1457
Abstract
Eye blink rate was measured in four subjects with seasonal affective disorder and in four control subjects before and after phototherapy. The subjects with seasonal disorder blinked twice as often as the control subjects before therapy but not differently after phototherapy.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Dose relationships of morning bright white light in seasonal affective disorders (SAD)Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 1987
- Dopamine: A Prolactin-Inhibiting Hormone*Endocrine Reviews, 1985
- Seasonal Affective DisorderArchives of General Psychiatry, 1984
- SPONTANEOUS EYE-BLINK RATES AND DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEMSBrain, 1983
- BLINK RATES IN SCHIZOPHRENIAPublished by Elsevier ,1982
- DRUG EFFECT ON BLINK RATES IN RHESUS-MONKEYS - PRELIMINARY STUDIES1981
- Behavioral aspects of GABA-dopamine interrelationships in the monkeyBrain Research Bulletin, 1980
- Long-Term Treatment with Lithium Prevents the Development of Dopamine Receptor SupersensitivityScience, 1978
- Eye blink and schizophrenia: psychosis or tardive dyskinesia?American Journal of Psychiatry, 1978