Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

2008/04/23 by Ali D. Güler, Jennifer L. Ecker, Gurprit S. Lall +14 · 5 citations
Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Biology #Botany #Circadian rhythm and melatonin #Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells #Melanopsin #Neuroscience #Photopigment #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Pupil #Pupillary light reflex #Retina #Retinal #Retinal ganglion cell #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Visual phototransduction

paper · doi:10.1038/nature06829

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