Light-sensitive brain pathways and aging

Population Receptive Field Estimation Reveals New Retinotopic Maps in Human Subcortex

(2015) K. DeSimone et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Interactions of the histamine and hypocretin systems in CNS disorders

(2015) Ling Shan et al.   Nature Reviews Neurology

Effects of daytime light exposure on cognitive brain activity as measured by the ERP P300

(2015) Yosuke Okamoto et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Melanopsin-driven increases in maintained activity enhance thalamic visual response reliability across a simulated dawn

(2015) Riccardo Storchi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colour As a Signal for Entraining the Mammalian Circadian Clock

(2015) Lauren Walmsley et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Sleep Problems Associated with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms as Well as Cognitive Functions in Alzheimer's Disease

(2014) Hye-Young Shin et al.   Journal of Clinical Neurology

Photoresponse diversity among the five types of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

(2014) Xiwu Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Light as a central modulator of circadian rhythms, sleep and affect

(2014) Tara A. LeGates et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Photic memory for executive brain responses

(2014) S. L. Chellappa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Aging Reduces the Stimulating Effect of Blue Light on Cognitive Brain Functions

(2014) Véronique Daneault et al.   SLEEP

Blue Light Stimulates Cognitive Brain Activity in Visually Blind Individuals

(2013) Gilles Vandewalle et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Acute exposure to evening blue-enriched light impacts on human sleep

(2013) Sarah L. Chellappa et al.   JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH

Melanopsin Gene Polymorphism I394T Is Associated with Pupillary Light Responses in a Dose-Dependent Manner

(2013) Shigekazu Higuchi et al.   PLoS One

Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

(2013) Robert J. Lucas et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Association between melanopsin gene polymorphism (I394T) and pupillary light reflex is dependent on light wavelength

(2013) Sang-il Lee et al.   Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Healthy Aging

(2012) Xiaojing Long et al.   ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY

Photochemical Properties of Mammalian Melanopsin

(2012) Take Matsuyama et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

(2012) Mirjam Münch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY

Neuroanatomy of the extended circadian rhythm system

(2012) Lawrence P. Morin   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Does Pupil Constriction under Blue and Green Monochromatic Light Exposure Change with Age?

(2012) Véronique Daneault et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Form and Function of the M4 Cell, an Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Contributing to Geniculocortical Vision

(2012) M. E. Estevez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for Neuronal Desynchrony in the Aged Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Clock

(2012) S. Farajnia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Melanopsin and Rod-Cone Photoreceptors Play Different Roles in Mediating Pupillary Light Responses during Exposure to Continuous Light in Humans

(2012) J. J. Gooley et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Light-Induced Responses of Slow Oscillatory Neurons of the Rat Olivary Pretectal Nucleus

(2012) Hanna J. Szkudlarek et al.   PLoS One

Diverse types of ganglion cell photoreceptors in the mammalian retina

(2012) Andrea Sand et al.   PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH

A historical justification for and retrospective analysis of the systematic application of light therapy in Parkinson’s disease

(2012) Gregory L. Willis et al.   REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

What sleep characteristics predict cognitive decline in the elderly?

(2012) Hannah Amy Dianne Keage et al.   SLEEP MEDICINE

Neuromodulation of reward-based learning and decision making in human aging

(2011) Ben Eppinger et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Abnormal Hypothalamic Response to Light in Seasonal Affective Disorder

(2011) Gilles Vandewalle et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Differential changes in retina function with normal aging in humans

(2011) Paul R. Freund et al.   DOCUMENTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA

Rod and Cone Visual Pigments and Phototransduction through Pharmacological, Genetic, and Physiological Approaches

(2011) Vladimir J. Kefalov   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Melanopsin and Mechanisms of Non-visual Ocular Photoreception

(2011) Timothy Sexton et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Effects of Light on Cognitive Brain Responses Depend on Circadian Phase and Sleep Homeostasis

(2011) Gilles Vandewalle et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Human Melatonin and Alerting Response to Blue-Enriched Light Depend on a Polymorphism in the Clock GenePER3

(2011) Sarah L. Chellappa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Melanopsin-Positive Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: From Form to Function

(2011) T. M. Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Distinct Contribution of Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones to Light-Evoked Activity in the Mouse Pretectal Olivary Nucleus

(2011) A. E. Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Photoentrainment and pupillary light reflex are mediated by distinct populations of ipRGCs

(2011) S.-K. Chen et al.   NATURE

Development of melanopsin-based irradiance detecting circuitry

(2011) David S McNeill et al.   Neural Development

Age-related loss of orexin/hypocretin neurons

(2011) B.A. Kessler et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Non-Visual Effects of Light on Melatonin, Alertness and Cognitive Performance: Can Blue-Enriched Light Keep Us Alert?

(2011) Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa et al.   PLoS One

Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality

(2011) Antoine U Viola et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells: many subtypes, diverse functions

(2011) Tiffany M. Schmidt et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Saliency, switching, attention and control: a network model of insula function

(2010) Vinod Menon et al.   Brain Structure & Function

GLIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND IMMUNE-CHALLENGED GLIA IN THE SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS OF YOUNG AND AGED MICE

(2010) Xiao-Hua Deng et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Intrinsically photosensitive melanopsin retinal ganglion cell contributions to the pupillary light reflex and circadian rhythm

(2010) Emma L Markwell et al.   Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Age-related changes in the transmission properties of the human lens and their relevance to circadian entrainment

(2010) Line Kessel et al.   JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

Sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness predict vascular dementia

(2010) P. C. Elwood et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion-Cell Photoreceptors: Cellular Diversity and Role in Pattern Vision

(2010) Jennifer L. Ecker et al.   NEURON

PACAP-Deficient Mice Exhibit Light Parameter–Dependent Abnormalities on Nonvisual Photoreception and Early Activity Onset

(2010) Chihiro Kawaguchi et al.   PLoS One

Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans

(2010) G. Vandewalle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Contribution of human melanopsin retinal ganglion cells to steady-state pupil responses

(2010) S.-i. Tsujimura et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Divergent photic thresholds in the non-image-forming visual system: entrainment, masking and pupillary light reflex

(2010) M. P. Butler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

(2010) Gary E. Pickard et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

Daytime sleepiness is associated with dementia and cognitive decline in older Italian adults: A population-based study

(2010) G. Merlino et al.   SLEEP MEDICINE

Qualitative Analysis of Therapeutic Light Effects on Global Function in Alzheimer’s Disease

(2010) LuAnn Nowak et al.   WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH

Melanopsin Contributions to Irradiance Coding in the Thalamo-Cortical Visual System

(2010) Timothy M. Brown et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

AGE-DEPENDENT ALTERATIONS IN HUMANPER2LEVELS AFTER EARLY MORNING BLUE LIGHT EXPOSURE

(2009) Corinne Jud et al.   CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Circuit projection from suprachiasmatic nucleus to ventral tegmental area: a novel circadian output pathway

(2009) Alice H. Luo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Age-Related Changes in Acute and Phase-Advancing Responses to Monochromatic Light

(2009) Tracey L. Sletten et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Light-Induced Fos Expression in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells in Melanopsin Knockout (Opn4−/−) Mice

(2009) Gary E. Pickard et al.   PLoS One

Light as a modulator of cognitive brain function

(2009) Gilles Vandewalle et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

The influence of intrinsically-photosensitive retinal ganglion cells on the spectral sensitivity and response dynamics of the human pupillary light reflex

(2009) David H. McDougal et al.   VISION RESEARCH

Melanopsin as a Sleep Modulator: Circadian Gating of the Direct Effects of Light on Sleep and Altered Sleep Homeostasis in Opn4−/− Mice

(2009) Jessica W. Tsai et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Circadian photoreception: ageing and the eye's important role in systemic health

(2008) P L Turner et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Functional Neuroanatomy of the Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus: Its Roles in the Regulation of Arousal and Autonomic Function Part II: Physiological and Pharmacological Manipulations and Pathological Alterations of Locus Coeruleus Activity in Humans

(2008) E. Samuels et al.   Current Neuropharmacology

Functional Neuroanatomy of the Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus: Its Roles in the Regulation of Arousal and Autonomic Function Part I: Principles of Functional Organisation

(2008) E. Samuels et al.   Current Neuropharmacology

Two types of melanopsin retinal ganglion cell differentially innervate the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus and the olivary pretectal nucleus

(2008) Scott B. Baver et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Aging in the circadian system: Considerations for health, disease prevention and longevity

(2008) Erin M. Gibson et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Photic Sensitivity Ranges of Hamster Pupillary and Circadian Phase Responses Do Not Overlap

(2008) Roelof A. Hut et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision

(2008) Ali D. Güler et al.   NATURE

The acute light-induction of sleep is mediated by OPN4-based photoreception

(2008) Daniela Lupi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of age on clock gene expression in the rhesus macaque pituitary gland

(2008) Brandon D. Sitzmann et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Inducible Ablation of Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cells Reveals Their Central Role in Non-Image Forming Visual Responses

(2008) Megumi Hatori et al.   PLoS One

Rods-cones and melanopsin detect light and dark to modulate sleep independent of image formation

(2008) C. M. Altimus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Melanopsin: an exciting photopigment

(2007) Mark W. Hankins et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Resetting of central and peripheral circadian oscillators in aged rats

(2006) Alec J. Davidson et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING