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Blue and Ultraviolet Light in Eyes: Primary Reactions and Light-Induced Metabolic Changes

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Blue Light Effects in Biological Systems

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Animals have eyes for seeing, i.e., to discriminate variations in the environmental light distribution. The key role for detecting these light changes is played by the visual pigment molecules, because they trigger the phototransduction process: a chain of molecular reactions in the photoreceptor membrane resulting in a neural signal. The absorption spectra of an eye’s visual pigments therefore determine the spectral sensitivity of the photoreceptors and thus the spectral range which is covered by the visual system.

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Stavenga, D.G. (1984). Blue and Ultraviolet Light in Eyes: Primary Reactions and Light-Induced Metabolic Changes. In: Senger, H. (eds) Blue Light Effects in Biological Systems. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69767-8_8

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