Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells detect light with a vitamin A-based photopigment, melanopsin.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on July 12, 2005

Authors

Yingbin Fu1, Haining Zhong, Min-Hua H Wang, Dong-Gen Luo, Hsi-Wen Liao, Hidetaka Maeda, Samer Hattar, Laura J Frishman, King-Wai Yau

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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