Light-evoked FOS induction within the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of melanopsin knockout (Opn4-/-) mice: A developmental study

Chronobiology International

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 167-179

  Lupi, Daniela ^a   Sekaran, Sumathi ^a   Jones, Sarah L ^a   Hankins, Mark W ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Fetal development; Light; Melanopsin; Neonatal photoreception; Photoentrainment; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, FOS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPSIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33646700040     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520500545870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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