[Melatonin lowers the threshold of light sensitivity of the human retina].

Eksp Klin Farmakol

Department of Pharmacology, Stavropol State Medical Academy, Russia.

Published: June 1999

After chronic use of melatonin (3 mg before night-time for 14 days) campimetry showed a significant decrease of the threshold of brilliance sensitiveness of the retina in the absence of authentic changes of the sensorimotor response latency in individuals of the older age group. A connection between the eye light sensitivity and the direct effect of the hormone on the photoreceptors is suggested.

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