Genetic advances in ophthalmology: The role of melanopsin-expressing, intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the circadian organization of the visual system

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 406-421

  Ramsey, David J ^a   Ramsey, Kathryn Moynihan ^b   Vavvas, Demetrios G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian photoentrainment; Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells; Melanopsin (OPN4); Molecular clock; Retina

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLINDNESS; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84886412604     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2013.825294     Document Type: Article

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