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ganglion cells (
ipRGCs), also
called photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (p
RGC), or melanopsin-containing
retinal ganglion cells (m
RGCs), are a type of...
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photopigment responsible for the
photosensitivity of
ipRGCs, set out to
study the
exact role of the
ipRGC in photoentrainment. In 2008,
Hattar and his research...
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explore in
trying to find
treatments for blindness.
ipRGCs were only
definitively detected ipRGCs in
humans during landmark experiments in 2007 on rodless...
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human melanopsin gene, opn4, is
expressed in
ipRGCs,
which comprises only 1-2% of
RGCs in the
inner mammalian retina, as
studied by
Samer Hattar...
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fluorescent protein (EGFP). This
allowed them to
label ipRGCs in vivo and
study changes in
ipRGC light sensitivity and
synaptic connectivity over the course...
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photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (
ipRGC),
which contain the
photopigment melanopsin. The
axons of the
ipRGCs belonging to the
retinohypothalamic tract...
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intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (
ipRGCs): M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5. Each of
these differently ipRGC types have
different melanopsin content and...
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
where he made
discoveries on
ipRGCs. In 2004, he
established his
laboratory in the
Department of
Biology at...
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individuals have
their circadian rhythms adjusted daily in this way. The
ipRGCs have
other functions as well, such as
signaling the need for
changing the...
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vision are the rods, the cones, and the
photosensitive ganglion cells (
ipRGCs).
These cells contain a chromop**** (11-cis-retinal, the
aldehyde of vitamin...
