Circadian clock organization in the retina: From clock components to rod and cone pathways and visual function

JD Bhoi, M Goel, CP Ribelayga, SC Mangel - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Circadian (24-h) clocks are cell-autonomous biological oscillators that orchestrate
many aspects of our physiology on a daily basis. Numerous circadian rhythms in …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of chronobiology for neonatal care units: What we know and what we should consider

P Lewis, U Wild, JJ Pillow, RG Foster, TC Erren - Sleep medicine reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
A Cochrane 2016 review indicated cycled light might benefit neonatal health in hospital. We
systematically reviewed chronobiological factors for neonatal health in hospital units …

Cryptochromes in mammals: a magnetoreception misconception?

L Zhang, EP Malkemper - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cryptochromes are flavoproteins related to photolyases that are widespread throughout the
plant and animal kingdom. They govern blue light-dependent growth in plants, control …

[HTML][HTML] The circadian clock of Müller glia is necessary for retinal homeostasis and neuronal survival

L Pickel, SJ Kim, S Hacibekiroglu, A Nagy, J Lee… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biological processes throughout the body are orchestrated in time through the regulation of
local circadian clocks. The retina is among the most metabolically active tissues, with …

[HTML][HTML] Ocular clocks: adapting mechanisms for eye functions and health

MP Felder-Schmittbuhl, ED Buhr… - … & visual science, 2018 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Vision is a highly rhythmic function adapted to the extensive changes in light intensity
occurring over the 24-hour day. This adaptation relies on rhythms in cellular and molecular …

Diurnal rodents as pertinent animal models of human retinal physiology and pathology

DM Verra, BS Sajdak, DK Merriman, D Hicks - Progress in Retinal and Eye …, 2020 - Elsevier
This presentation will survey the retinal architecture, advantages, and limitations of several
lesser-known rodent species that provide a useful diurnal complement to rats and mice …

Voltage-clamp recordings of light responses from wild-type and mutant mouse cone photoreceptors

NT Ingram, AP Sampath, GL Fain - Journal of General Physiology, 2019 - rupress.org
We describe the first extensive study of voltage-clamp current responses of cone
photoreceptors in unlabeled, dark-adapted mouse retina using only the position and …

[HTML][HTML] Focus: Clocks and Cycles: Retinal Circadian Clocks are Major Players in the Modulation of Retinal Functions and Photoreceptor Viability

C DeVera, K Baba, G Tosini - The Yale Journal of Biology and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Circadian rhythms control many biochemical and physiological functions within the body of
an organism. These circadian rhythms are generated by a molecular clock that is located in …

Chronobiology Meets Quantum Biology: A New Paradigm Overlooking the Horizon?

G Mazzoccoli - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biological processes and physiological functions in living beings are featured by oscillations
with a period of about 24 h (circadian) or cycle at the second and third harmonic (ultradian) …

Light entrainment of retinal biorhythms: cryptochrome 2 as candidate photoreceptor in mammals

J Vanderstraeten, P Gailly, EP Malkemper - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
The mechanisms that synchronize the biorhythms of the mammalian retina with the light/dark
cycle are independent of those synchronizing the rhythms in the central pacemaker, the …