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“Ultimately, this discovery may open up possibilities for using the
The research group at Umeå University, together with researchers in the group of Professor Richard Lang in Cincinnati, USA, now demonstrate that a light receptor called Opsin 3 is already expressed in parts of the central and peripheral nervous systems during the early stages of fetal development. The Opsin 3 molecule has a broad but distinct expression that suggests an important role in the formation of various neurons, neural pathways and areas of the brain and spinal cord. Opsin 3 expression can be linked to a number of motor and sensory neural pathways that regulate movement, pain, vision, and olfaction, as well as memory, mood and emotion.
Opsin 3 detects light in the blue range at a wavelength of approximately
480 nanometres. The Umeå researchers’ discovery of the expression
pattern of this receptor suggests that light plays a vital role in the
development and subsequent function of the brain. This might explain why
the risk of certain neurological and psychiatric diseases varies
depending on the seasonal time of birth. So far, this unexplained
correlation have been observed in diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s,
multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder, autism, schizophrenia and
epilepsy. That said, time of birth is only one of several risk factors
for the diseases in question." SciTechDaily
