Light Stimulates the Mouse Adrenal through a Retinohypothalamic Pathway Independent of an Effect on the Clock in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Silke Kiessling; Patricia J. Sollars; Gary E. Pickard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092959

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Light Stimulates the Mouse Adrenal through a Retinohypothalamic Pathway Independent of an Effect on the Clock in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Silke Kiessling,

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Patricia J. Sollars,

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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Gary E. Pickard

* E-mail: gpickard2@unl.edu

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Light Stimulates the Mouse Adrenal through a Retinohypothalamic Pathway Independent of an Effect on the Clock in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Silke Kiessling,
Patricia J. Sollars,
Gary E. Pickard

Published: March 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092959

About the Authors

Silke Kiessling

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Patricia J. Sollars

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Gary E. Pickard

* E-mail: gpickard2@unl.edu

Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK PJS GEP. Performed the experiments: SK GEP. Analyzed the data: SK PJS GEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: SK PJS GEP.

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