TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent developments in circadian photoreception
T2 - More than meets the eye
AU - von Schantz, Malcolm
AU - Provencio, Ignacio
AU - Foster, Russell G.
PY - 2000/6/1
Y1 - 2000/6/1
N2 - Our perception of the world is so dominated by our sense of vision that we have been reluctant to accept the fact that the vertebrate eye mediates another, quite separate photosensory task—the detection of light for the regulation of biological time. In this short article, we outline some of the recent experimental findings that show that the absence of rod and cone photoreceptors does not block the effects of light on the circadian system. Furthermore, we review the progress to date in identifying the photopigments that may mediate the effects of light on the mammalian biological clock.
AB - Our perception of the world is so dominated by our sense of vision that we have been reluctant to accept the fact that the vertebrate eye mediates another, quite separate photosensory task—the detection of light for the regulation of biological time. In this short article, we outline some of the recent experimental findings that show that the absence of rod and cone photoreceptors does not block the effects of light on the circadian system. Furthermore, we review the progress to date in identifying the photopigments that may mediate the effects of light on the mammalian biological clock.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 10845575
AN - SCOPUS:0034092330
SN - 0146-0404
VL - 41
SP - 1605
EP - 1607
JO - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
JF - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
IS - 7
ER -