From Adam Justice-Mills
Elena Oancea at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues have shown a link between skin and the light-sensitive chemical rhodopsin, which is also found in the retina (12 November, p 20).
If we don’t get enough sun on our skin during the winter months, could this contribute to making us seasonally depressed?
The editor writes:
• The researchers say there is no evidence that rhodopsin expression in skin can be linked to any kind of depression, so perhaps best to wrap up warm instead.
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