The emerging roles of melanopsin in behavioral adaptation to light

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 435-446

  Hatori, Megumi ^a   Panda, Satchidananda ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ALERTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SLEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIGHT; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; VISION, OCULAR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957342343     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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