Making (a) sense of non-visual ocular photoreception

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 458-461

  Van Gelder, Russell N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; REVIEW;

EID: 0041423777     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(03)00211-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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