Spectral sensitivity of photoreceptors mediating phase-shifts of circadian rhythms in retinally degenerate CBA/J (rd/rd) and normal CBA/N ( + / + ) mice

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 797-802

  Yoshimura, T ^a   Ebihara, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Phase shift; Photoreceptors; Retinal degenerate mice; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE COLOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE COLOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030163390     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225828     Document Type: Article

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