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. 2006 Sep 19;16(18):R795-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.039.

Circadian photoreception: spotlight on the brain

Steven W Lockley  1 , Joshua J Gooley
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Circadian photoreception: spotlight on the brain

Steven W Lockley et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

In addition to its visual function, the mammalian eye detects light for a range of behavioral and physiological responses that are separate and apart from sight. Recent studies have begun to shed light on the areas of the brain that respond to such 'non-visual' photoreception in the human eye.

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