Retinal circuits: tracing new connections.
The retina detects light so that our body clock runs in time with the rising and setting of the sun. A recently identified class of photoreceptive neuron in the retina underlies this function and a new study has used viruses to unravel its connections.
Odermatt
Benjamin
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK.
Lagnado
Leon
L
D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005724:Ganglia / Q000821:virology; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid; D008027:Light; D009415:Nerve Net; D020419:Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D013493:Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*