The relevance of daylight for humans

• Published in: Biochemical pharmacology Vol. 191; p. 114304
• Main Authors: Wirz-Justice, Anna, Skene, Debra J., Münch, Mirjam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.2021
• Subjects: (Day)light; Circadian rhythms; Mood; Seasons; Sleep physiology; Circadian rhythms; Mood; Seasons; (Day)light; Sleep physiology

[Display omitted] Daylight is ubiquitous and is crucial for mammalian vision as well as for non-visual input to the brain via the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) that express the photopigment melanopsin. The ipRGCs project to the circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nu...