Dissecting a role for melanopsin in behavioural light aversion reveals a response independent of conventional photoreception.

Dissecting a role for melanopsin in behavioural light aversion reveals a response independent of conventional photoreception.

Melanopsin photoreception plays a vital role in irradiance detection for non-image forming responses to light. However, little is known about the involvement of melanopsin in emotional processing of luminance. When confronted with a gradient in light, organisms exhibit spatial movements relative to...

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Main Authors: Ma'ayan Semo, Carlos Gias, Ahmad Ahmado, Eriko Sugano, Annette E Allen, Jean M Lawrence, Hiroshi Tomita, Peter J Coffey, Anthony A Vugler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2993953?pdf=render

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