Curr Biol. 2008 Jan 8;18(1):R38-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.027.

Non-visual photoreception: sensing light without sight.

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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington, USA. russvg@u.washington.edu

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Recent work in blind human subjects has confirmed the presence of a non-visual ocular photoreceptive mechanism similar to that described in blind mice. This system appears to subserve circadian photic entrainment, the pupillary light response, and a number of other aspects of neurophysiology and behavior.

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Short-wavelength light sensitivity of circadian, pupillary, and visual awareness in humans lacking an outer retina. [Curr Biol. 2007]
Short-wavelength light sensitivity of circadian, pupillary, and visual awareness in humans lacking an outer retina.Zaidi FH, Hull JT, Peirson SN, Wulff K, Aeschbach D, Gooley JJ, Brainard GC, Gregory-Evans K, Rizzo JF 3rd, Czeisler CA, et al. Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 18; 17(24):2122-8.

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