A Self-Sustaining, Light-Entrainable Circadian Oscillator in the Drosophila Brain

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1758-1767

  Veleri, Shobi ^a   Brandes, Christian ^b   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a   Hall, Jeffrey C ^b   Stanewsky, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142052954     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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