supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R01 NS035615;the National Eye Institute R01 EY017809
A new mammalian photoreceptor was recently discovered to reside in the ganglion cell layer of the inner retina.These intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells(ipRGCs) express a photopigment,melanopsin,that c...