Melanopsin containing retinal ganglion cells are light responsive from birth

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2317-2320

  Hannibal, Jens ^a   Fahrenkrug, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Entrainment; Melanopsin; PACAP; Retino hypothalamic tract; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MELANOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRTH; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OPSIN; PARTURITION; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 8444230878     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200410250-00003     Document Type: Article

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