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The photoreceptor cell in the pineal organ of the Japanese common newt

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The photoreceptor cells in the pineal organ of the Japanese common newt are similar to typical vertebrate photoreceptors. It is supposed that the cells are responsible for the entrainment of locomotor rhythms as a consequence of their response to light.

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  1. Life Science Institute, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, 102, Tokyo, Japan

    M. Kikuchi & K. Aoki

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  1. M. Kikuchi
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Acknowledgments. We thank Dr A.D. Blest, Australian National University, for reviewing the manuscript, and Mr T. Satoh, Sophia University, for his valuable advice regarding behavior. This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 56105006 from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.

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Kikuchi, M., Aoki, K. The photoreceptor cell in the pineal organ of the Japanese common newt. Experientia 38, 1450–1451 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955763

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