Early appearance of non-visual and circadian markers in the developing inner retinal cells of chicken

DIAZ NM; MORERA LP; VERRA DM; CONTIN MA; GUIDO ME

BioMed Res International (ex J Biomedicine and Biotechnol)

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Lugar: Akron, Ohio; Año: 2014 p. 1 - 1

2314-6133

p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">The retina is a key component of the vertebrate circadian system; it is responsible for detecting and transmitting the environmental illumination conditions (day/night cycles) to the brain, that synchronize the circadian clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).  For this, retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) project to the SCN and other non-visual areas. In the chicken, intrinsically photosensitive RGCs (ipRGCs) expressing the photopigment melanopsin (Opn4) transmit photic info