10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTORECEPTION»
Discover the use of
photoreception in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
photoreception and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Advances in
Photoreception:: Proceedings of a Symposium on ...
This volume should be of interest to basic vision scientists, clinical ophthalmologists, workers in human factors, and computer scientists curious about the visual apparatus of biological systems.
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Vision, National Research Council, 1990
2
Vertebrate Nonvisual
Photoreception
Embryonic chicken iris is a photosensitive tissue that constricts under direct illumination even when physically isolated from the retina and central nervous system (Pilar et al., 1987).
3
The Retina and Its Disorders
Circadian. Photoreception. Glossary Circadian rhythm – An endogenously
generated biological rhythm with a period of about 24 h. ipRGC – The term
stands for intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell, which is a small subset
of retinal ...
Joseph C. Besharse, Dean Bok, 2011
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Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision
lb. Light. and. photoreception: Visual. pigments. and. photoreception. S.N.
ARCHER International Marine Centre, 09072 Torregrande, Oristano, Italy 1.6
Introduction It is perhaps inevitable that organisms on our planet have evolved
the ability ...
5
An Introduction to the Biology of Vision
Photoreceptors. and. Photoreception. Photoreceptor Anatomy Figure 5.1
illustrates the basic components of vertebtate photoreceptors. The outer segment
is a specialized cilium containing large numbers of disc-like expansions of the
cell ...
6
DNA Repair and Replication
Mutation in the sole Drosophila cryptochrome has a similar effect on circadian
photoreception in this organism (Stanewsky et al., 1998), consistent with
functional redundancy of opsins and cryptochromes in circadian photoreception.
7
Rice Biology in the Genomics Era
The brighter-green color of se5 plants compared to wild-type plants led us to
analyze the photomorphogene- sis of se5, because photoreception seemed to
affect its pigment biosynthesis. Coleoptile (first juvenile leaf) elongation in
response to ...
Hiro-Yuki Hirano, Atshushi Hirai, Yoshio Sano, 2008
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The Centriole in
Photoreception
The significance of this increase in basal body number is unknown. A more conspicuous location of basal bodies is in the rods and cones of the retina where they provide the vital link between the inner segment and outer segment.
Edward Manougian, Harry Zwick, Steve Schuschereba, 1989
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Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light
Photoreception. and. Clock. Location. Photobiological aspects of photoperiodic
induction include the identification of the relevant photoreceptors, entrainment of
the circadian oscillations (see also Chapter 14) in the light input pathway, and ...
10
Handbook of Photosensory Receptors
5 A Novel Light Sensing Pathway in the Eye: Conserved Features ofInner Retinal
Photoreception in Rodents, Man and Teleost Fish Mark W. Hankins and Russell
G. Foster Summary Until recently the light sensing capabilities of the eye have ...
Winslow R. Briggs, John L. Spudich, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOTORECEPTION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
photoreception is used in the context of the following news items.
A new owner for Hotel Niagara?
James Neiss/file photoReception Hotels & Resorts LLC is looking for tax incentives for a $27 million project to redevelop the landmark Hotel ... «Niagara Gazette, May 15»
French BIONIC EYE sits IN your peeper, feeds infrared light into …
... then propagated through the user's (undamaged) optical nervous system to augment the sight of those with photoreception-related blindness ... «The Register, May 15»
Software to better replicate natural daylight on screens
Foster RG et al. Circadian photoreception in the retinally degenerate mouse (rd/rd). J Comp Physiol, 1991; A 169, 39–50. Freedman MS et al. «Optician Online, Feb 15»
Russell N. Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D., Begins Term as President of the …
An active clinician-scientist, his NIH-funded laboratory has been at the forefront of research in non-visual ocular photoreception and molecular ... «PR Newswire, Jan 15»
Can We Grow New Eyes?
Rhodopsin, a marker for photoreception, was found at only 3 per cent of the level of normal retinal cells, suggesting that it may be necessary for ... «Forbes, Oct 14»
For resetting circadian rhythms, neural cooperation is key
Scientists had thought they did this by relying heavily on their own sensitivity to light--what Emery calls "cell-autonomous photoreception. «EurekAlert, Apr 14»
Light can be used as a powerful brain stimulant
It is presumed that light acts through a photoreception system which relies very much on the photopigment melanopsin. Evidence for the ... «eMaxHealth, Mar 14»
EFA 2013: Lighting Design Strategies To Improve Health
... the pupil area decreases; and there's a progressive yellowing of the lens—which filters blue light, and reduces circadian photoreception. «Healthcare Design, Apr 13»
We Don't Actually Know Why Plants Are Green
The question of retinal-based or chlorophyll photoreception isn't one of asking which is superior, because neither are. They work in different ... «Gizmodo Australia, Mar 13»
Schrödinger's gardenia: Does biology need quantum mechanics?
In a sense, that's not surprising: life has had a long time to evolve photosynthesis, photoreception, and navigation, while our understanding of ... «Ars Technica, Dec 12»
