title: Vision: melanopsin as a novel irradiance detector at the heart of vision.
abstract: A recent study defines a novel role of melanopsin-expressing ipRGCs, showing that these inner retinal photoreceptors function as retinal irradiance detectors and provide a local measure of luminance to regulate functional adaptation in the mammalian retina.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, NDCN, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: mark.hankins@eye.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hankins
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, NDCN, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017299:Rod Opsins