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Differential regulation of feeding rhythms through a multiple-photoreceptor system in an avian model of blindness.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 2013
Valdez Diego J, Nieto Paula S, Díaz Nicolás M, Garbarino-Pico Eduardo, Guido Mario E
Abstract excerpt
All organisms have evolved photodetection systems to synchronize their physiology and behavior with the external light-dark (LD) cycles. In nonmammalian vertebrates, the retina, the pineal organ, and the deep brain can be photoreceptive. Inner retinal photoreceptors transmit photic information to...
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