Genetic background influences age-related decline in visual and nonvisual retinal responses, circadian rhythms, and sleep

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 380-393

  Banks, Gareth ^a   Heise, Ines ^a   Starbuck, Becky ^a   Osborne, Tamzin ^a   Wisby, Laura ^a   Potter, Paul ^a   Jackson, Ian J ^b   Foster, Russell G ^c   Peirson, Stuart N ^c   Nolan, Patrick M ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian; Light input; Mouse strain; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; C57BL/6N MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIGHT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; SLEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VISION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SLEEP; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84920489009     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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