Characterization of an ocular photopigment capable of driving pupillary constriction in mice

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-626

  Lucas, Robert J ^a   Douglas, Ronald H ^b   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; OPSIN PHOTOPIGMENT OP 479; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); GENOTYPE; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPSIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); VITAMIN A;

EID: 0034986389     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/88443     Document Type: Article

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