Mechanisms of light adaptation have been traditionally explained with reference to psychophysical experimentation. However, the neural substrata involved in those mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Our study analyzed links ...

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) express the photopigment melanopsin. These cells receive afferent inputs from rods and cones, which provide inputs to the postreceptoral visual pathways. It is ...

Design and develop a simulation to describe the diffusion of molecules in the membrane of retinal rod cells, including simulating events in the cytoplasm, which describes the on/off process of the system. The fact that the ...

In the vertebrate retina, three types of photoreceptors - visual photoreceptor cones and rods and the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) - converged through evolution to detect light and regulate ...

Throughout evolution, the need to detect light has generated highly specialized photoreceptor cells that in vertebrates are mainly located in the retina. The most studied photodetectors within these cells are the visual ...

La respuesta visual en el mesópico depende fuertemente no solo del nivel de luminancia sino también del peso relativo de la respuesta del sistema de conos y bastones. Esto resalta la importancia de conocer la composición ...

Circadian entrainment depends on a complex interaction between light information and photoreceptor cells. The neurobehavioral circadian light effects are mediated primarily by retinal ganglion cells. Rods and cones operate ...