Melanopsin function in humans

该项目旨在了解人类黑视素信号传导。新发现的一类视网膜神经节细胞表达黑视素光色素。黑视素信号控制依赖光的图像形成和非图像形成过程的神经功能。其中许多在人类中是未知的。该项目将使用5初级光刺激剂来确定黑视素如何控制人类的这些过程。研究结果有望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和改善健康和福祉提供途径，以及评估人类视力和身体内部时钟的策略。

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.