Summary
This thesis explores the neural mechanisms by which ipRGCs and melanopsin contribute to SCN entrainment and circadian rhythm regulation, using BOLD fMRI dynamics and effective connectivity measures. Understanding these pathways can inform lighting design strategies that more effectively target the circadian system for health and wellbeing applications.
Categories
The Science of Light: Examines ipRGC and melanopsin biology in the context of SCN entrainment and circadian neural dynamics.
Sleep & Circadian Health: Investigates how circadian rhythms influence BOLD (brain imaging) dynamics and effective connectivity, relevant to understanding light-driven entrainment.
Author(s)
V Hushagen
Publication Year
2019
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