Exploring avian deep-brain photoreceptors and their role in activating the neuroendocrine regulation of gonadal development

Intrinsic photosensitivity of a deep brain photoreceptor

(2014) Yusuke Nakane et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Photoreceptive oscillators within neurons of the premammillary nucleus (PMM) and seasonal reproduction in temperate zone birds

(2013) Sunantha Kosonsiriluk et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

A Non-Mammalian Type Opsin 5 Functions Dually in the Photoreceptive and Non-Photoreceptive Organs of Birds

(2012) Hideyo Ohuchi et al.   PLoS One

Vertebrate ancient opsin photopigment spectra and the avian photoperiodic response

(2011) W. I. L. Davies et al.   Biology Letters

Deep brain photoreceptors and a seasonal signal transduction cascade in birds

(2010) Yusuke Nakane et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

A Molecular Switch for Photoperiod Responsiveness in Mammals

(2010) Hugues Dardente et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The hypophysial pars tuberalis transduces photoperiodic signals via multiple pathways and messenger molecules

(2010) Shinobu Yasuo et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Melanopsin expression in dopamine-melatonin neurons of the premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus and seasonal reproduction in birds

(2010) S.W. Kang et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

A mammalian neural tissue opsin (Opsin 5) is a deep brain photoreceptor in birds

(2010) Y. Nakane et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VA Opsin-Based Photoreceptors in the Hypothalamus of Birds

(2009) Stephanie Halford et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative analysis of the molecular basis of photoperiodic signal transduction in vertebrates

(2009) S. Yasuo et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

A possible neural cascade involving the photoneuroendocrine system (PNES) responsible for regulating gonadal development in an avian species, Gallus gallus

(2008) Hongyan Li et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

New Insights into Ancient Seasonal Life Timers

(2008) David Hazlerigg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ancestral TSH Mechanism Signals Summer in a Photoperiodic Mammal

(2008) Elodie A. Hanon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identification of the photoperiodic signaling pathway regulating seasonal reproduction using the functional genomics approach

(2008) Hiroko Ono et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dopamine–melatonin neurons in the avian hypothalamus and their role as photoperiodic clocks

(2008) Mohamed E. El Halawani et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Serotonergic and Catecholaminergic Interactions with Co-Localised Dopamine-Melatonin Neurones in the Hypothalamus of the Female Turkey

(2008) S. W. Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Synaptic physiology of direction selectivity in the retina

(2008) Z. Jimmy Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

(2008) Nobuhiro Nakao et al.   NATURE

Thyroid Hormone Acts Centrally to Programme Photostimulated Male American Tree Sparrows (Spizella arborea) for Vernal and Autumnal Components of Seasonality1

(2003) Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY