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Non-image-forming light driven functions are preserved in a mouse model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Perganta Georgia, Barnard Alun R, Katti Christiana, Vachtsevanos Athanasios, Douglas Ron H, MacLaren Robert E, Votruba Marcela, Sekaran Sumathi
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA) is a slowly progressive optic neuropathy that has been associated with mutations of the OPA1 gene. In patients, the disease primarily affects the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and causes optic nerve atrophy and visual loss. A subset of RGCs are intrinsically photosensitive, express the photopigment melanopsin and drive non-image-forming (NIF) visual functions including...
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