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Melanopsin Regulates Both Sleep-Promoting and Arousal-Promoting Responses to Light

Light plays a critical role in the regulation of numerous aspects of physiology and behaviour, including the entrainment of circadian rhythms and the regulation of sleep. These responses involve melanopsin (OPN4)-expressing photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGCs) in addition to rods and cones....

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Autores principales: Pilorz, Violetta, Tam, Shu K. E., Hughes, Steven, Pothecary, Carina A., Jagannath, Aarti, Hankins, Mark W., Bannerman, David M., Lightman, Stafford L., Vyazovskiy, Vladyslav V., Nolan, Patrick M., Foster, Russell G., Peirson, Stuart N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27276063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002482