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Photoreceptor inputs to pupil control
- Abstract:
- The size of the pupil depends on light level. Watson and Yellott (2012) developed a unified formula to predict pupil size from luminance, field diameter, age, and number of eyes. Luminance reflects input from the L and M cones in the retina but ignores the contribution of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) expressing the photopigment melanopsin, which are known to control the size of the pupil. We discuss the role of melanopsin in controlling pupil size by reanalyzing an extant data set (Bouma, 1962). We confirm that melanopsin-weighted quantities, in conjunction with Watson and Yellott's formula, adequately model intensity-dependent pupil size. We discuss the contributions of other photoreceptors into pupil control.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1167/19.9.5
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- Publisher:
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Journal:
- Journal of vision More from this journal
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 9
- Article number:
- 5
- Publication date:
- 2019-08-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-08-15
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1534-7362
- Pmid:
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31415056
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English
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1046326
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- Copyright holder:
- Manuel Spitschan
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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- Copyright 2019 The Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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