Summary
This thesis examines how light signals transmitted via melanopsin-expressing ipRGCs influence circadian rhythms in the choroid plexus, with sex hormones playing a modulatory role. Understanding sex-hormone interactions with circadian photoreception may inform lighting strategies that account for gender-related differences in circadian entrainment.
Categories
The Science of Light: Discusses ipRGCs and melanopsin phototransduction as part of circadian rhythm signaling relevant to lighting science.
Sleep & Circadian Health: Investigates circadian rhythms in the choroid plexus and the influence of sex hormones on circadian regulation.
Author(s)
CMF Sousa
Publication Year
2013
Related Publications
The Science of Light
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- Color appearance models
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice
Sleep & Circadian Health
- Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock
- The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks
- The two‐process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal
- Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice
- Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors