The primary visual pathway in humans is regulated according to long-term light exposure through the action of a nonclassical photopigment

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-198

  Hankins, M W ^a   Lucas, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; RETINA CONE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037022125     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00659-0     Document Type: Article

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