Search Results - "McDowell, Richard J"

Beyond Lux: methods for species and photoreceptor-specific quantification of ambient light for mammals by McDowell, Richard J, Didikoglu, Altug, Woelders, Tom, Gatt, Mazie J, Moffatt, Finn, Notash, Saba, Hut, Roelof A, Brown, Timothy M, Lucas, Robert J

“…Light is a key environmental regulator of physiology and behaviour. Mistimed or insufficient light disrupts circadian rhythms and is associated with impaired…”
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Recommendations for measuring and standardizing light for laboratory mammals to improve welfare and reproducibility in animal research by Lucas, Robert J, Allen, Annette E, Brainard, George C, Brown, Timothy M, Dauchy, Robert T, Didikoglu, Altug, Do, Michael Tri H, Gaskill, Brianna N, Hattar, Samer, Hawkins, Penny, Hut, Roelof A, McDowell, Richard J, Nelson, Randy J, Prins, Jan-Bas, Schmidt, Tiffany M, Takahashi, Joseph S, Verma, Vandana, Voikar, Vootele, Wells, Sara, Peirson, Stuart N

“…Light enables vision and exerts widespread effects on physiology and behavior, including regulating circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone synthesis, affective…”
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Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment by Rawlinson, Kate A, Lapraz, Francois, Ballister, Edward R, Terasaki, Mark, Rodgers, Jessica, McDowell, Richard J, Girstmair, Johannes, Criswell, Katharine E, Boldogkoi, Miklos, Simpson, Fraser, Goulding, David, Cormie, Claire, Hall, Brian, Lucas, Robert J, Telford, Maximilian J

“…Animals detect light using opsin photopigments. Xenopsin, a recently classified subtype of opsin, challenges our views on opsin and photoreceptor evolution…”
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Divergent G-protein selectivity across melanopsins from mice and humans by McDowell, Richard J, Rodgers, Jessica, Milosavljevic, Nina, Lucas, Robert J

“…Melanopsin is an opsin photopigment and light-activated G-protein-coupled receptor; it is expressed in photoreceptive retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs) and can be…”
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The genomic basis of temporal niche evolution in a diurnal rodent by Richardson, Rose, Feigin, Charles Y, Bano-Otalora, Beatriz, Johnson, Matthew R, Allen, Annette E, Park, Jongbeom, McDowell, Richard J, Mereby, Sarah A, Lin, I-Hsuan, Lucas, Robert J, Mallarino, Ricardo

“…Patterns of diel activity-how animals allocate their activity throughout the 24-h daily cycle-play key roles in shaping the internal physiology of an animal…”
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Recommendations for measuring and standardizing light for laboratory mammals to improve welfare and reproducibility in animal research by Robert J. Lucas, Annette E. Allen, George C. Brainard, Timothy M. Brown, Robert T. Dauchy, Altug Didikoglu, Michael Tri H. Do, Brianna N. Gaskill, Samer Hattar, Penny Hawkins, Roelof A. Hut, Richard J. McDowell, Randy J. Nelson, Jan-Bas Prins, Tiffany M. Schmidt, Joseph S. Takahashi, Vandana Verma, Vootele Voikar, Sara Wells, Stuart N. Peirson

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