title: Circadian photoreception: spotlight on the brain.
abstract: In addition to its visual function, the mammalian eye detects light for a range of behavioral and physiological responses that are separate and apart from sight. Recent studies have begun to shed light on the areas of the brain that respond to such 'non-visual' photoreception in the human eye.
authors.affiliation: Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. slockley@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Steven W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lockley
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gooley
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D005123:Eye / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D055537:Light Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D000099210:Melanopsin
chemical_list: D017299:Rod Opsins; D000099210:Melanopsin