Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells receive bipolar and amacrine cell synapses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-393

  Belenky, Michael A ^a,b   Smeraski, Cynthia A ^a   Provencio, Ignacio ^c   Sollars, Patricia J ^a   Pickard, Gary E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Intergeniculate leaflet; Pretectum; Retinohypothalamic tract; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; OPSIN; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037414626     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10652     Document Type: Article

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