| Identifier |
20100308_nanos_melanopsin_03.pdf |
| Title |
Firing and Receptive Field Properties of Melanopsin Retinal Ganglion Cells |
| Creator |
Aki Kawasaki |
| Affiliation |
(AK) Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne |
| Subject |
Melanopsin; Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell; Photoreceptor |
| Description |
Retinal ganglion cells that express the photopigment melanopsin (MGCs) are sparsely present in the retina. In rodents, they comprise 1-3% of the total number of retinal ganglion cells. In humans, this percentage is even smaller, estimated at 0.2% or about 3000 MGCs per eye. |
| Date |
2010-03-08 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2010 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS 2010: Melanopsin Symposium |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m64rn9 |
| Context URL |
The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/ |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
180628 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m64rn9 |
