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Intrinsic light response of retinal horizontal cells of teleosts

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  • Ning Cheng

    (Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience,
    Center for Sensory Biology and,
    Present addresses: Unit of Developmental Neural Plasticity, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA (N.C.); Graduate Program of Human Sensing and Functional Sensor Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa City, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan (T.T.).)

  • Takashi Tsunenari

    (Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience,
    Center for Sensory Biology and,
    Present addresses: Unit of Developmental Neural Plasticity, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA (N.C.); Graduate Program of Human Sensing and Functional Sensor Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa City, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan (T.T.).)

  • King-Wai Yau

    (Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience,
    Center for Sensory Biology and,
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA)

Abstract

Photosensitive horizontal cells in fish retina It has recently become apparent that the familiar rods and cones are not the only photoreceptors in mammals — a third class known as intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are now known to relay light information that synchronizes circadian rhythms and triggers the papillary light reflex. Here, Cheng et al. show that a subset of retinal horizontal cells in teleost fish is also photosensitive. Like mammalian ipRGCs, the photopigment that confers photosensitivity in this subset of vertebrate horizontal cells appears to be melanopsin.

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  • Ning Cheng & Takashi Tsunenari & King-Wai Yau, 2009. "Intrinsic light response of retinal horizontal cells of teleosts," Nature, Nature, vol. 460(7257), pages 899-903, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:460:y:2009:i:7257:d:10.1038_nature08175
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08175
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