Melanopsin function in humans

该项目旨在了解人类体内的黑色素信号。一种新发现的视网膜神经节细胞类表达黑色素。黑素信号控制光相关成像和非成像过程的神经功能。其中许多在人类身上都是未知的。这个项目将使用一个5基色的光刺激物来定义黑色素如何控制人类的这些过程。预计这一结果将促进对人类视觉的理解。这可以为利用光来增加对社会的积极参与并改善健康和福祉提供途径，并提供评估人类视力和身体内在时钟的战略。

This project aims to understand melanopsin signalling in humans. A newly discovered retinal ganglion cell class expresses the melanopsin photopigment. Melanopsin signalling controls neural functions for light dependent image formation and non-image forming processes. Many of these are unknown in humans. This project will use a 5-primary photostimulator to define how melanopsin controls these processes in humans. The outcomes are expected to advance understanding of human vision. This could provide avenues for using light to increase active participation in society and improve health and well-being, and strategies to assess human vision and the body’s internal clock.