spectral modulation of melanopsin responses : role of melanopsin bistability in pupillary light reflex

In addition to the canonical photoreceptors, rods and cones, a novelmelanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell (mRGC) was recently discovered.The novel photopigment melanopsin in the human retinahas been shown to express invertebrate-like bistable properties bothin vitro and in vivo. In bistable ph...

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Main Author: Teikari, Petteri
Language:English
Published: Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I 2012
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Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00999326
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/99/93/26/PDF/TH2012_Teikari_Petteri_ii.pdf