Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Lucas, Robert J ^a   Peirson, Stuart N ^b   Berson, David M ^c   Brown, Timothy M ^a   Cooper, Howard M ^d   Czeisler, Charles A ^e   Figueiro, Mariana G ^f   Gamlin, Paul D ^g   Lockley, Steven W ^e   O'Hagan, John B ^h   Price, Luke L A ^h   Provencio, Ignacio ⁱ   Skene, Debra J ^j   Brainard, George C ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STEM CELL AND BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^k THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROD OPSINS;

EID: 84891371808     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.10.004     Document Type: Review

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