Neither functional rod photoreceptors nor rod or cone outer segments are required for the photic inhibition of pineal melatonin

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1520-1524

  Lucas, Robert J ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0033020884     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.4.6672     Document Type: Article

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