Illuminating the mysteries of melanopsin and circadian photoreception

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-395

  Van Gelder, Russell N ^a,c   Mawad, Kareem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 51849109154     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408323066     Document Type: Note

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