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Abstract
Specialized PHOTOTRANSDUCTION neurons in the vertebrates, such as the RETINAL ROD CELLS and the RETINAL CONE CELLS. Non-visual photoreceptor neurons have been reported in the deep brain, the PINEAL GLAND and organs of the circadian system.
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- Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate
- Photoreceptors, Vertebrate
- Rods and Cones
- Vertebrate Photoreceptors
- Cell, Vertebrate Photoreceptor
- Cells, Vertebrate Photoreceptor
- Cones and Rods
- Photoreceptor Cell, Vertebrate
- Photoreceptor, Vertebrate
- Vertebrate Photoreceptor
- Vertebrate Photoreceptor Cell
- Photoreceptors, Retinal
- Retinal Photoreceptor Cells
- Retinal Photoreceptors
- Cell, Retinal Photoreceptor
- Cells, Retinal Photoreceptor
- Photoreceptor Cell, Retinal
- Photoreceptor Cells, Retinal
- Photoreceptor, Retinal
- Retinal Photoreceptor
- Retinal Photoreceptor Cell
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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2009 (1999); use PHOTORECEPTORS 1997-1998; for RODS AND CONES use PHOTORECEPTORS 1966-1998; for RETINAL PHOTORECEPTORS use PHOTORECEPTORS 1997-2008
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- Photoreceptors (1971-1998)
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- National Library of Medicine. Vertebrate Photoreceptor Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020419. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020419
- Vertebrate Photoreceptor Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70081735