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SUBMITTER: Brown TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3509338 | biostudies-other | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Brown Timothy M TM Tsujimura Sei-Ichi S Allen Annette E AE Wynne Jonathan J Bedford Robert R Vickery Graham G Vugler Anthony A Lucas Robert J RJ
Current biology : CB 20120524 12
Photoreception in the mammalian retina is not restricted to rods and cones but extends to a small number of intrinsically photoreceptive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), expressing the photopigment melanopsin. ipRGCs are known to support various accessory visual functions including circadian photoentrainment and pupillary reflexes. However, despite anatomical and physiological evidence that they contribute to the thalamocortical visual projection, no aspect of visual discrimination has been show ...[more]