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• The gaseous messenger carbon monoxide is released from the eye into the ophthalmic venous blood depending on the intensity of sunlight

  Publikacja

  • M. Koziorowski
  • S. Stefańczyk-Krzymowska
  • A. Tabęcka-Łonczyńska
  • P. Gilun
  • M. A. Kamiński

  - JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS AND HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS - Rok 2012

  Circadian and seasonal rhythms in daylight affect many physiological processes. In the eye, energy of intense visible light not only initiates a well-studied neural reaction in the retina that modulates the secretory function of the hypothalamus and pineal gland, but also activates the heme oxygenase (HO) to produce carbon monoxide (CO). This study was designed to determine whether the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) in the...