Summary
This thesis develops trans-synaptic viral tracing tools to map neuronal circuits underlying non-image forming vision, which governs subconscious light responses such as circadian entrainment and pupillary reflexes. While largely methodological and basic science in nature, the findings advance understanding of how light signals are routed in the brain, with long-term implications for designing lighting that effectively targets these pathways.
Categories
The Science of Light: Investigates neuronal circuits involved in non-image forming vision, directly relevant to understanding how light signals are processed beyond image formation, including circadian and other subconscious visual pathways.
Sleep & Circadian Health: Non-image forming vision circuits are foundational to understanding circadian entrainment and the light-driven regulation of biological clocks.
Author(s)
K Balint
Publication Year
2015
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 twoāprocess 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