Isolation and characterization of melanopsin photoreceptors of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3727-3744

  Sandbakken, Mari ^a   Ebbesson, Lars ^a,b   Stefansson, Sigurd ^a   Helvik, Jon Vidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Habenula; NNOS suprachiasmatic nucleus; Nonvisual photoreception; Opn4; Serotonin; VA opsin dopamine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; MELANOPSIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINA; ROD OPSINS; SALMO SALAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865851267     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23125     Document Type: Article

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