Melanopsin in cells of origin of the retinohypothalamic tract

By J. Gooley, Jun Lu, T. Chou, T. Scammell, Clifford B. Saper. Nature Neuroscience, 2001

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Sleep State Switching (2010, background): “The activity of the SCN is entrained to the daily light-dark cycle by inputs from intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells that express the photopigment melanopsin (Gooley et al., 2001; Hattar et al., 2002).”
Central projections of melanopsin‐expressing retinal ganglion cells in the mouse (2006, background): “Alternatively, conventional (non-melanopsin) ganglion cells may relay rod and cone signals to these brain regions (Gooley et al., 2001; Morin et al., 2003; Sollars et al., 2003; Hannibal and Fahrenkrug, 2004).”
Melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion-cell photoreceptors: cellular diversity and role in pattern vision (2010, background): “…colliculus (SC) contains only a few labeled fibers in the Opn4tau-LacZ/+ mouse, but much more extensive labeling in the Opn4Cre/+; et al., 2008; Gooley et al., 2001; Hannibal and Fahrenkrug, 2004; Hattar et al., 2006; Hattar et al., 2002; Sollars et al., 2003), including the SCN (Figure 4A,…”
Neural Circuitry of Wakefulness and Sleep (2017, neutral): “Unlike the rod/cone system, the ipRGCs and melanopsin are required for photoentrainment (Berson et al., 2010; Gooley et al., 2001; Hattar et al., 2003).”