Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells and the maintenance of circadian and pupillary responses to light in aged rodless/coneless (rd/rd cl) mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1793-1801

  Semo, Ma'Ayan ^a   Peirson, Stuart ^a   Lupi, Daniela ^a   Lucas, Robert J ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^b   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mouse; Photoentrainment; Pupil; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPSIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0037716518     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02616.x     Document Type: Article

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