A "melanopic" spectral efficiency function predicts the sensitivity of melanopsin photoreceptors to polychromatic lights

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-323

  Al Enezi, Jazi ^a   Revell, Victoria ^a,c   Brown, Timothy ^a   Wynne, Jonathan ^a   Schlangen, Luc ^b   Lucas, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

illuminance; melanopsin; photoentrainment; photometry

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; SCOTOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; ROD OPSINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79960737430     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730411409719     Document Type: Article

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