PUBLICATION
Light perception: more than meets the eyes
- Authors
- Mueller, K.P., and Neuhauss, S.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-121127-5
- Date
- 2012
- Source
- Current biology : CB 22(21): R912-914 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Neuhauss, Stephan
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Brain/physiology*
- Photic Stimulation*
- Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/physiology*
- Visual Perception*
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 23137685 Full text @ Curr. Biol.
Citation
Mueller, K.P., and Neuhauss, S.C. (2012) Light perception: more than meets the eyes. Current biology : CB. 22(21):R912-914.
Abstract
Larval zebrafish lacking eyes and pineal organ show elevated activity levels and undirected light-seeking behaviour upon loss of illumination. This behaviour, termed dark photokinesis, is mediated by hypothalamic deep brain photoreceptors expressing melanopsin.
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