Circadian Photoreception: Spotlight on the Brain

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Lockley, Steven W ^a   Gooley, Joshua J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; OPSIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPSIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748604296     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.039     Document Type: Short Survey

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