Effect of photoreceptor degeneration on circadian photoreception and free-running period in the Royal College of Surgeons rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Tosini, Gianluca ^a   Aguzzi, Jacopo ^a   Bullock, Nicole M ^a   Liu, Cuimei ^a   Kasamatsu, Manami ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian photoreception; Circadian rhythm; Melanopsin; Mertk; RCS rat; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOMOZYGOSITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34247106175     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.055     Document Type: Article

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