Avian photoreceptors and their role in the regulation of daily and seasonal physiology

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-22

  Surbhi, ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Birds; Circadian; Deep brain photoreceptors; Opsins; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPSIN; OPSIN; PROTEIN GNIH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; LIGHT; MELANOPSIN GENE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPSIN GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84941189432     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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