Tag: Melanopsin

Role of melanopsin in visual development

Authors: Wang Xiao, Hao Rui DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115989-20220528-00255 Published: 2025 -06 -10 Citation Wang Xiao, Hao Rui. Role of melanopsin in visual development[J]. Chin J Exp Ophthalmol, 2025, 43(6):567-570. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115989-20220528-00255. [Download PDF] [View Full Text] ABSTRACT Melanopsin (OPN4), a G protein-coupled receptor, is spectrally sensitive to blue light at a wavelength of 480 nm and is the third type […]

Morphology of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells: distinct photoreceptors from rod/cone photoreceptors

Authors: Hu Caiping,  Xu Wenjun,  Jin Xuemin DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-0160.2018.05.004 Published 2018-05-10 Cite as Chin J Exp Ophthalmol, 2018,36(5): 337-343. Abstract                              [Download PDF] [Read Full Text] Objective This study was to observe the morphology of live intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) at cellular level, […]

The visual basis of the biological clock “sees” the light: intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

Authors: Zhang Jingxue,  Wang Ningli DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-0160.2018.11.013 Published 2018-11-10 Cite as Chin J Exp Ophthalmol, 2018,36(11): 879-882. Abstract                              [Download PDF] [Read Full Text] Mammalian eyes mediate both image-forming and non-image-forming visual functions.Non-image-forming vision provides a measure of the ambient light for the purposes […]