Melanopsin Phototransduction: Great Excitement over a Poor Catch

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Brown, Timothy M ^a   Lucas, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MOUSE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTON; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTONS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62549143090     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.034     Document Type: Short Survey

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