Electrophysiological Studies of Pineal Photoreception in the Pioneering Early 60s

NeuroSignals

Volumn 6, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 181-183

  Morita, Yukitomo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY; LITERATURE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0031174343     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109127     Document Type: Article

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