The melanopsin system: Phototransduction, projections, functions, and clinical implications

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1422-1427

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SLEEP; VISION;

EID: 79955376510     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31821671a5     Document Type: Article

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