Selected Publications

 

Sakamoto K., Liu C., Kasamatsu M., Pozdeyev N.V., Iuvone PM, Tosini G .  Dopamine regulates melanopsin mRNA expression in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Eur J. Neuroscience 22: 3129-3126 (2005).

Chaurasia S.S., Rollag M.D., Jiang  G., Haynes W.P.,  Haque R., Natesan A, Zatz M., Tosini G., Liu C., Korf K.W., P.M. Iuvone, Provencio I. Molecular Cloning, localization and circadian expression of melanopsini (Opn4): Differential regulation of expression in pineal and retinal cell types. J. Neurochemistry 92: 158-170 (2005).

Sakamoto K., Liu, C., Tosini, G.   Classical Photoreceptors regulate melanopsin mRNA levels in the rat retina. J. Neuroscience 24: 9693-9697 (2004).

Sakamoto K., Liu, C., Tosini, G.  Circadian Rhythms in the retina of rats with photoreceptor degeneration. J.  Neurochemistry 90: 1019-1024 (2004)

Fukuhara C, Liu C., Ivanova T.N., Chan G.C-K, Storm D.R., Iuvone P.M., Tosini G. Gating of the cAMP signaling cascade and melatonin synthesis by the circadian clock in mammalian retina. J. Neuroscience 24:1803-1811. (2004)

Tosini, G . Doyle, S. Geusz M., &   Menaker M. Induction of photosensitivity in the mammalian pineal. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci USA: 97: 11540-11544 (2000).

Tosini, G ., Menaker, M. Multioscillatory Cirdadian Organization in a Vertebrate, Iguana iguana.J. Neuroscience 18: 1105-1114. (1998)

Tosini, G ., Menaker, M. Circadian rhythms in cultured mammalian retina. Science, 272: 419-421. (1996)