Vision: Melanopsin and the Pharmacology of Photons.
Using a targeted chemogenetic approach, a new study provides evidence for a unique pathway for neural processing of light information from melanopsin ganglion cells. These results suggest how light can have both alerting and sleep-promoting effects in mice.
Departments of Ophthalmology and Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 981104, USA. Electronic address: russvg@uw.edu.
Russell N
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Van Gelder
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