Brain comes to light

Hitoshi Okamura
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Hitoshi Okamura: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Kyoto University, 46–29 Yoshida-Shimo-Adachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. okamurah@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Nature, 2008, vol. 452, issue 7185, 294-295

Abstract: To perceive seasons, animals compare changes in day length with the constant cycle of their inner circadian clock. At a molecular level, light signals trigger coordinated gene-expression events in the brain.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/452294a

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