Melanopsin - Shedding light on the elusive circadian photopigment

Chronobiology International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-204

  Brown, R Lane ^a   Robinson, Phyllis R ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Melanopsin; Opsin; Photoentrainment

Indexed keywords

11 CIS RETINAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANOPSIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VISION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3543023866     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120037816     Document Type: Review

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