The circadian Clock mutant mouse: Impaired masking response to light

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-59

  Redlin, Uwe ^a   Hattar, Samer ^b   Mrosovsky, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clock mutation; Masking; Melanopsin; Nonvisual photoreception; Rhythms

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PERCEPTION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 13844272614     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0570-z     Document Type: Article

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