Renna, J.M., Weng, S.,. and Berson, D.M. Bidirectional interactions between ganglion-cell photoreceptors and retinal waves. Nature Neuroscience (in press).

Van Hook, M.J. and Berson, D.M.  Hyperpolarization- activated current (Ih) in ganglion-cell photoreceptors. PLoS One 5(12):e15344, 2010. [PMCID: PMC3004865].

Ecker, J.L., Dumitrescu, O.N., Wong, K.Y., Alam, N., Chen, S-K, LeGates, T., Renna, J.M., Prusky, G., Berson, D.M. and Hattar, S.  Melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion-cell photoreceptors:  cellular diversity and role in pattern vision.  Neuron 67(1):49-60, 2010. [PMCID: PMC2904318].

Wong, K.Y. and Berson, D.M.  Ganglion-cell photoreceptors and non-image-forming vision.  In: Adler’s Physiology of the Eye, 11th edition, Kaufman, P.L., Alm, A., Levin, L.A., Nilsson, S.F.E., Ver Hoeve, J.N. and Wu, S.M. (eds).  London, Elsevier. (in press).

Berson, D.M., Castrucci, A.M. and Provencio, I.  Morphology and mosaics of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell types in mice. J. Comp. Neurol. 518:2405-2422, 2010.

Isayama, T., O’Brien, B.J., Ugalde, I., Muller, J.F., Frenz, A., Aurora, V., Tsiaras, W. and Berson, D.M.  Morphology of retinal ganglion cells in the ferret (Mustela putorius furo).  J. Comp. Neurol. 517(4), 459-480, 2009. [NIHMS219756].

Weng, S., Wong, K.Y. and Berson, D.M.  Circadian modulation of melanopsin-driven light response in rat ganglion-cell photoreceptors.  J. Biol. Rhythms 24: 391-402, 2009. [PMCID: PMC2893738].

Dumitrescu, O.N., Pucci, F.G., Wong, K.Y. and Berson, D.M.  Ectopic ON bipolar cell synapses in the OFF sublamina of the inner plexiform layer: contacts with dopaminergic amacrine cells and melanopsin ganglion cells. J. Comp. Neurol. 517(2), 226-244, 2009. [NIHMS219763].

Zhang, D-Q., Wong, K., Sollars, P., Berson, D., Pickard, G and McMahon, D.  Intra-retinal signaling by ganglion cell photoreceptors to dopaminergic amacrine neurons.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105(37), 14181-14186, 2008. [PMCID: PMC2544598].

Güler, A.D., Ecker, J.L., Lall, G.S., Haq, S., Altimus, C.M., Liao, H.-W., Barnard, A.R., Cahill, H., Badea, T.C., Hankins, M.W., Berson, D.M., Lucas, R.J., Yau, K.-W., and Hattar, S.  Melanopsin ganglion cells are the principal conduits for rod/cone non-image forming vision. Nature 453, 102-105, 2008. [PMCID: PMC2871301].

Graham, D.M. Wong, K.Y., Shapiro, P., Frederick, C., Pattabiraman, K., and Berson, D.M. Melanopsin ganglion cells use a membrane-associated rhabdomeric phototransduction cascade. J. Neurophysiol. (in press).

Berson, D.M.  Phototransduction in ganglion-cell photoreceptors.  Pflugers Arch. 454(5):849-55, 2007. Epub 2007 Mar 10. [PDF] [HTML]

Wong, K.Y., Dunn, F.A., Graham, D.M., and Berson, D.M.   Synaptic influences on rat ganglion-cell photoreceptors.  J. Physiol. 582(Pt 1):279-96, 2007. Epub 2007 May 17. [abstract]

Berson, D.M.  Retinal ganglion-cell types and their central projections.  In:  The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference.  R. Masland (ed.), Elsevier, Oxford, UK (in press). 

Wong, K.Y., Graham, D.M. and Berson, D.M.  The retina-attached SCN slice preparation: An in vitro mammalian circadian visual system. J. Biol. Rhythms 22(5):400-10, 2007. [abstract]

Hattar, S., Kumar, M., Park, A., Tong, P., Tung, J., Yau, K.-W., and Berson, D.M. Central projections of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells in the mouse. J. Comp. Neurol. 497: 326-349, 2006 [abstract]

Wong, K.-Y., Dunn, F.A. and Berson, D.M. Photoreceptor adaptation in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Neuron 48(6): 1001-1010, 2005 [PDF] [HTML]

Qiu, X., Kumbalasiri, T., Carlson, S.M., Wong, K.Y., Krishna, V., Provencio, I., and Berson, D.M. Induction of photosensitivity by heterologous expression of melanopsin. Nature 433(7027):745-9, 2005 [abstract]

O'Brien, B.J., Richardson, R., and Berson, D.M. Inhibitory network properties shaping the light evoked responses of cat alpha retinal ganglion cells. Visual Neurosci. 20, 351-361, 2003. [abstract]

Berson, D.M. Strange vision: ganglion cells as circadian photoreceptors.  Trends in Neurosci. 26: 314-320, 2003 [abstract]

Rollag, M.D., Berson, D.M., Provencio, I. Melanopsin, ganglion cell photoreceptors, and mammalian entrainment.  J. Biol. Rhythms 18(3): 227-234, 2003. [abstract]

Lucas, R.J., Hattar, S., Takao, M., Berson, D.M., Foster, R.G. and Yau, K.-W. Diminished pupillary light reflex at high irradiances in melanopsin-knockout mice. Science, 299: 245-247, 2003. [abstract]

Hattar, S., Liao, H.-W., Takao, M., Berson, D.M. and K.-W. Yau Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells: architecture, projections and intrinsic photosensitivity.  Science, 295:1065-1070, 2002. [abstract]

Berson, D.M., Dunn, F.A. and Takao, M. Phototransduction by retinal ganglion cells that set the circadian clock. Science, 295: 1070-1073, 2002 [abstract]

O'Brien, B.J., Isayama, T., Richardson, R., and Berson, D.M. Intrinsic physiological properties of cat retinal ganglion cells. J. Physiol. [London] 538.3: 787-802, 2002. [PDF] [HTML]

Isayama, T., Berson, D.M. and Pu, M. (2000) Theta ganglion cell type of cat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 417: 32-48. [abstract]

Berson, D.M., Isayama, T. and Pu, M. (1999) The eta ganglion cell type of cat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 408: 204-219. [abstract]

Berson, D.M., Pu, M., and Famiglietti, E.V. (1998) The zeta cell: a new ganglion cell type in cat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 399: 269-288. [abstract]

Stein, J.J., Johnson, S.A. and Berson, D.M. (1996) Distribution and coverage of beta cells in the cat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 374: 597-617. [abstract] [PDF] [HTML]

Berson, D.M. and Stein, J.J. (1995) Retinotopic organization of the superior colliculus in relation to the retinal distribution of afferent ganglion cells. Visual Neurosci. 12: 671-686. [abstract] [PDF] [HTML]

Stein, J.J. and Berson, D.M. (1995) On the distribution of gamma cells in the cat retina. Visual Neurosci. 12: 687-700. [abstract] [PDF] [HTML]

Pu, M., Berson, D.M. and Pan, T. (1994) Structure and function of retinal ganglion cells innervating the cat's geniculate wing: An in vitro study. J. Neurosci. 14: 4338-4358. [PDF]