Clock gene expression in the rat retina: Effects of lighting conditions and photoreceptor degeneration

Brain Research

Volumn 1159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-140

  Tosini, Gianluca ^a   Kasamatsu, Manami ^a   Sakamoto, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock gene; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retina; Royal College Surgeon rat

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL PAS DOMAIN PROTEIN 2; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR REV ERB ALPHA; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; REV PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RORA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34447330722     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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