Intrinsic Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in the Diurnal Rodent, Arvicanthis ansorgei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Karnas, Diana ^a,b   Hicks, David ^b   Mordel, Jérôme ^a,b   Pévet, Paul ^b   Meissl, Hilmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELANOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARVICANTHIS ANSORGEI; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFILAMENT; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 84881242249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073343     Document Type: Article

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