Inducible ablation of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells reveals their central role in non-image forming visual responses.

Rod/cone photoreceptors of the outer retina and the melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs) of the inner retina mediate non-image forming visual responses including entrainment of the circadian clock to the ambient light, the pupillary light reflex (PLR), and light modulation of activit...

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Main Authors: Megumi Hatori, Hiep Le, Christopher Vollmers, Sheena Racheal Keding, Nobushige Tanaka, Thorsten Buch, Ari Waisman, Christian Schmedt, Timothy Jegla, Satchidananda Panda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2396502?pdf=render