Photic regulation of pineal function. Analogies between retinal and pineal photoreception

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 549-554

  Meissl, Hilmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Photoreception; Phototransduction; Pineal organ; Retina

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CYCLIC GMP; OPSIN; RETINA S ANTIGEN; RETINOL;

CHROMATOPHORE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031399452     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(98)80158-5     Document Type: Review

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