Melanopsin-dependent photoreception provides earliest light detection in the mammalian retina.
BACKGROUND: The visual system is now known to be composed of image-forming and non-image-forming pathways. Photoreception for the image-forming pathway begins at the rods and cones, whereas that for the non-image-forming pathway also involves intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRG...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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