Intrinsic photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the diurnal rodent, Arvicanthis ansorgei.

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) represent a new class of photoreceptors which support a variety of non-image forming physiological functions, such as circadian photoentrainment, pupillary light reflex and masking responses to light. In view of the recently proposed role...

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Main Authors: Diana Karnas, David Hicks, Jérôme Mordel, Paul Pévet, Hilmar Meissl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3739746?pdf=render