Differential Functions Mediated By Melanopsin Assessed In Subjects With Healthy And Diseased Eyes

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Identifier 20150222_nanos_posters_154
Title Differential Functions Mediated By Melanopsin Assessed In Subjects With Healthy And Diseased Eyes
Creator Aki Kawasaki; Lorette Leon; Sylvie Collomb; Miriam Munch
Affiliation (AK) (LL) (SC) University of Lausanne/Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland; (MM) Charite University, Institute of Physiology, Berlin, Germany
Subject Melanopsin Ganglion Cells; Melanopsin; Pupil; Melatonin; Circadian Rhythm
Description Two central monosynaptic tracts originating from melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells (MGCs) are the retinotectal tract (pupil light reflex) and the retinohypothalamic tract (entrainment of circadian rhythm).This study aims to assess the function of these two non-visual, light-dependent systems in patients who have optic atrophy and visual loss.
Date 2015-02-22
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2015: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6kw8ntd
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184591
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kw8ntd
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