A dedicated retinohypothalamic tract acts as one conduit for photic information from the retina to the SCN. Logically, one would presume that the visual photoreceptors of the retina, the rods and ...
In contrast, the others would go west. The retinohypothalamic tract is a neural pathway that connects the eye to the ...
Melanopsin is sensitive to blue light and plays a pivotal role in the circadian system by forming the retinohypothalamic ...
Indeed, my graduate work with Mark Blumberg at the University of Iowa revealed that species differences in retinohypothalamic projections are associated with the developmental emergence of ...
PLoS One. 2012; 7(9), e45338. Todd WD, Gall AJ, Weiner JA, and Blumberg MS. Distinct retinohypothalamic innervation patterns predict the developmental emergence of species-typical circadian preference ...
Met-Met patients demonstrate a different sleep pattern than Met-Val patients, including severe fragmentation, brief but repeated episodes of sudden-onset REM (with oneiric enactment), and an ...
The effects of transcranially administered light are unlikely to be mediated via the eyes for several reasons. There is light-absorbing melanin in the back of the eye. Conscious visual perception ...