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• Aberrant light directly impairs mood and learning through melanopsin-expressing neurons

  Authors:Tara A. LeGates, Cara M. Altimus, Hui Wang, Hey-Kyoung Lee, Sunggu Yang, Haiqing Zhao, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 491, Issue 7425) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 22, 20126,200 words Report 1350LThe daily solar cycle allows organisms to synchronize their circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycles to the correct temporal niche (1). Changes in day-length, shift-work, and transmeridian travel lead to mood alterations...

• Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod-cone input to non-image-forming vision

  Authors:Ali D. Guler, Jennifer L. Ecker, Gurprit S. Lall, Shafiqul Haq, Cara M. Altimus, Hsi-Wen Liao, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 453, Issue 7191) Peer-Reviewed

  May 1, 20084,078 words Article 1450LRod and cone photoreceptors detect light and relay this information through a multisynaptic pathway to the brain by means of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) (1). These retinal outputs support not only pattern vision but...