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Light aversion in mice depends on nonimage-forming irradiance detection.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21038932     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Detection of light in the eye underlies image-forming vision, but also regulates adaptive responses in physiology and behavior. Typically these adaptive responses do not involve image-forming vision, but depend on a relatively absolute measure of brightness (nonimage-forming irradiance detection). The goal of this study was to further understand how image-forming vision and nonimage-forming irradiance detection contribute to the effects of light on behavior. Three light dependent behaviors were assessed in wild-type, Rpe65-/- and rd1 mice. In Rpe65-/- mice, nonimage-forming irradiance detection is severely attenuated, but rod based visual acuity is relatively preserved. In rd1 mice visual acuity is nonrecordable, but nonimage-forming responses are less severely attenuated than Rpe65-/-. Positive masking, an image-forming vision dependent increase in wheel running, was absent in rd1 and restricted to higher irradiances in Rpe65-/-. Negative masking, a suppression of wheel running sensitivity with nonimage-forming irradiance detection input, was increased in rd1, but reduced in Rpe65-/- mice. By contrast, light aversion, an avoidance of brightly lit areas, was abolished in both Rpe65-/- and rd1. This shows that image-forming vision is not sufficient for light aversion, suggesting nonimage-forming irradiance detection motivates this behavior. Further, the differing effects of disease suggest that negative masking and light aversion are distinct responses with specialized nonimage-forming irradiance detection pathways.
Authors:
Stewart Thompson; Ana Recober; Timothy W Vogel; Adisa Kuburas; Jessica A Owens; Val C Sheffield; Andrew F Russo; Edwin M Stone
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Behavioral neuroscience     Volume:  124     ISSN:  1939-0084     ISO Abbreviation:  Behav. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-07     Completed Date:  2011-03-18     Revised Date:  2012-05-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8302411     Medline TA:  Behav Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  821-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 APA, all rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Avoidance Learning / physiology
Behavior, Animal / physiology*
Carrier Proteins / genetics*
Eye Proteins / genetics*
Female
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Photic Stimulation
Vision, Ocular / physiology*
Visual Acuity / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DE016511/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS; R01 DE016511-13A1/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS; R01 DE016511-17/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS; R01 EY017168-05/EY/NEI NIH HHS; //Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carrier Proteins; 0/Eye Proteins; EC 3.1.1.64/retinoid isomerohydrolase

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