Non-rod, non-cone photoreception in the vertebrates

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 507-527

  Foster, Russell G ^a   Hankins, Mark W ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; OPSIN; RETINOL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL MASKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PUPIL;

EID: 0036847424     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(02)00036-8     Document Type: Review

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