Daily rhythm of melanopsin-expressing cells in the mouse retina

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2009, Pages

  González Menéndez, Irene ^a   Contreras, Felipe ^a   Cernuda Cernuda, Rafael ^a   García Fernández, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Melanopsin; Mouse; Postnatal development; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349615825     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.03.003.2009     Document Type: Article

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