The Retina and Circadian Rhythms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tosini, Gianluca (Editor), Iuvone, P. Michael (Editor), McMahon, Douglas G. (Editor), Collin, Shaun P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series in Vision Research ; 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Ophthalmology.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.

The retina plays a critical role in the organization of the circadian system by synchronizing the brain’s central clock with the external day through transduction of the daily light/dark cycle.  However, the substantial variation in luminance imposed on the retina between day and night also poses a...