Responses to light after retinal degeneration

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 575-578

  Mrosovsky, N ^a   Salmon, Peggy A ^a   Foster, Russell G ^b   McCall, Maureen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Irradiance detection; Masking; Mouse; Retinal degeneration; Rhythms; Rods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0033964707     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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