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What does the eye tell the clock?

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Spitschan,  M
Research Group Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Spitschan, M. (2022). What does the eye tell the clock?. Talk presented at 9th Iberian Conference on Perception (CIP 2022). Barcelona, Spain. 2022-06-27 - 2022-06-29.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-9C94-F
Abstract
Illumination of the world around us enables vision and visual
perception. Additionally, light exposure profoundly affects our physiology and
behaviour by entraining the circadian system to the light-dark cycle and
modifying melatonin production. These “non-visual” effects are mediated by a
subset of retinal ganglion cells, the melanopsin-containing intrinsically
photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). Demonstrating how the different
photoreceptors in the eye – including the cones and rods – contribute to non-
visual light-mediated functions requires specific methods for stimulating
photoreceptors in isolation. Here, I will describe recent work on uncovering the
mechanisms underlying the non-visual effects of light and recent forays into
translating these findings into the real world.