Melanopsin Shows Its (Contrast-)Sensitive Side

Melanopsin is a photopigment expressed by certain types of retinal ganglion cells that mediate non-image-forming visual functions, such as circadian photoentrainment. In this issue of Neuron, Sonoda et al. (2018) reveal how melanopsin also regulates the sensitivity of conventional image-forming visi...

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Published in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2018-08, Vol.99 (4), p.630-632
Main Authors: Pottackal, Joseph, Demb, Jonathan B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circadian rhythm
Circadian rhythms
Experiments
Influence
Light
Light Signal Transduction
Melanopsin
Photoreceptors
Physiology
Proteins
Retina
Retinal Ganglion Cells
Rod Opsins
Vision, Ocular
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Summary:Melanopsin is a photopigment expressed by certain types of retinal ganglion cells that mediate non-image-forming visual functions, such as circadian photoentrainment. In this issue of Neuron, Sonoda et al. (2018) reveal how melanopsin also regulates the sensitivity of conventional image-forming vision. Melanopsin is a photopigment expressed by certain types of retinal ganglion cells that mediate non-image-forming visual functions, such as circadian photoentrainment. In this issue of Neuron, Sonoda et al. (2018) reveal how melanopsin also regulates the sensitivity of conventional image-forming vision.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.08.007