Melanopsin and rod—cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6944, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Hattar, S ^a   Lucas, R J ^b   Mrosovsky, N ^c   Thompson, S ^b   Douglas, R H ^d   Hankins, M W ^b   Lem, J ^e   Biel, M ^f   Hofmann, F ^g   Foster, R G ^b   Yau, K W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED ION CHANNELS; CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE GATED ION CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL; MELANOPSIN; OPSIN; PIGMENT; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; VISION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONES (RETINA); DARKNESS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; ION CHANNELS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPSIN; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

GENES; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

PHOTORECEPTIVE SYSTEMS;

VISION;

RODENT; VISION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038264052     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01761     Document Type: Letter

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