Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina signal colour and irradiance and project to the LGN

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 749-754

  Dacey, Dennis M ^a   Liao, Hsi Wen ^b   Peterson, Beth B ^a   Robinson, Farrel R ^a   Smith, Vivianne C ^c   Pokomy, Joel ^c   Yau, King Wai ^b   Gamlin, Paul D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; VISION;

ANATOMY; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

PIGMENTS;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; PHOTORECEPTION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT; MACACA; METABOLISM; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; RETINA CONE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

MELANOPSIN; OPSIN;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DARKNESS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACACA; OPSIN; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); THALAMIC NUCLEI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 13944250659     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03387     Document Type: Article

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