NeuroscienceCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
Direct retino-iridal projections and intrinsic iris contraction mediate the pupillary light reflex in early vertebrates
Cecilia Jiménez-López, Paula Rivas-Ramírez, Marta Barandela…·Juan Pérez‐Fernández
The paper identifies two intrinsic mechanisms of the pupillary light reflex in lampreys, showing direct retino-iridal projections and melanopsin-mediated iris contraction, and reveals the absence of a brain-mediated PLR.
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