Circadian photoreception: spotlight on the brain.
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.
Lockley
Steven W
SW
Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. slockley@hms.harvard.edu
Gooley
Joshua J
JJ
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