Melanopsin changes in neonatal albino rat independent of rods and cones

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Hannibal, Jens ^a,b   Georg, Birgitte ^a   Fahrenkrug, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Entrainment; Melanopsin; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGHT; PC12 CELLS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 33846586382     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328010ff56     Document Type: Article

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