ArticleCurrent biology : CB2012
Light perception: more than meets the eyes.
Article in Current biology : CB, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Zebrafish Retina and the Evolution of the Onecut-Mediated Pathway in Cell Type Differentiation.Cells · 2024Article
- Evolution of a central dopamine circuit underlies adaptation of light-evoked sensorimotor response in the blind cavefish,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- A tapt1 knock-out zebrafish line with aberrant lens development and impaired vision models human early-onset cataract.Human genetics · 2023Article
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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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