Differential contribution of rod and cone circadian clocks in driving retinal melatonin rhythms in Xenopus.

Although an endogenous circadian clock located in the retinal photoreceptor layer governs various physiological events including melatonin rhythms in Xenopus laevis, it remains unknown which of the photoreceptors, rod and/or cone, is responsible for the circadian regulation of melatonin release.We s...

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Main Authors: Naoto Hayasaka, Silvia I LaRue, Carla B Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3004937?pdf=render