Humoral Phototransduction: Blood Is a Messenger
- 1 July 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Neuroscientist
- Vol. 2 (4) , 207-210
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107385849600200408
Abstract
Drawing upon the premise that there is a parsimony to nature, the author proposes that heme moieties and bile pigments in animals mediate some non-visual influences of light upon neuroactive gases and biological rhythms. Primary abnormalities in synthesis and regulation of blood and bile may, therefore, cause some neuropsychiatric illnesses. Light may play a critical role in neurotransmission. NEUROSCIENTIST 2:207-210, 1996Keywords
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