Distribution of melanopsin positive neurons in pigmented and albino mice: Evidence for melanopsin interneurons in the mouse retina

• Main Authors: Francisco Javier Valiente-Soriano (Author), Diego eGarcía-Ayuso (Author), Arturo eOrtín-Martínez (Author), Manuel eJiménez-López (Author), Caridad eGalindo-Romero (Author), María Paz Villegas-Pérez (Author), Marta eAgudo-Barriuso (Author), Anthony Alexander Vugler (Author), Manuel eVidal-Sanz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Here we have studied the population of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) in adult pigmented and albino mice. Our data show that although pigmented (C57Bl/6) and albino (Swiss) mice have a similar total number of ipRGCs, their distribution is slightly different: while in pi...