Aging of Non-Visual Spectral Sensitivity to Light in Humans: Compensatory Mechanisms?

Human melanopsin forms a pigment maximally sensitive to blue light ( max   479 nm) supporting activation of Gq/11 and Gi/o signalling cascades

(2013) H. J. Bailes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Human responses to bright light of different durations

(2012) Anne-Marie Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Refined flicker photometry technique to measure ocular lens density

(2012) Petteri Teikari et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION

Reaction time as a measure of enhanced blue-light mediated cognitive function following cataract surgery

(2011) C. Schmoll et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Differential changes in retina function with normal aging in humans

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

Melanopsin and Mechanisms of Non-visual Ocular Photoreception

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

The human circadian system adapts to prior photic history

(2011) Anne-Marie Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Age-related loss of orexin/hypocretin neurons

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

Response of the Human Circadian System to Millisecond Flashes of Light

(2011) Jamie M. Zeitzer et al.   PLoS One

In Vivo Quantification of the Retinal Reflectance Spectral Composition in Elderly Subjects before and after Cataract Surgery: Implications for the Non-Visual Effects of Light

(2010) Marina C. Giménez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Change in Sleep State of the Elderly before and after Cataract Surgery

(2010) Mizuho Tanaka et al.   Journal of Physiological Anthropology

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

(2010) Chihiro Kawaguchi et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Melanopsin Bistability: A Fly's Eye Technology in the Human Retina

(2009) Ludovic S. Mure et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Sensitivity of the Human Circadian System to Short-Wavelength (420-nm) Light

(2008) George C. Brainard et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

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

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

Resetting of central and peripheral circadian oscillators in aged rats

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