How rod, cone, and melanopsin photoreceptors come together to enlighten the mammalian circadian clock

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Lucas, Robert J ^a   Lall, Gurprit S ^b   Allen, Annette E ^a   Brown, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Cones; IpRGCs; Melanopsin; Photoentrainment; Photoreceptor; Retinohypothalamic tract; Rods; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW;

EID: 84864795346     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59427-3.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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