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University of Virginia: Charlottesville, Virginia, US

2004-11-25 to present | Professor (Department of Biology)
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Ignacio Provencio

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University of Virginia: Charlottesville, Virginia, US

1996-01-04 to present | Ph.D. (Department of Biology)
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Ignacio Provencio

Swarthmore College: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, US

1987-06-01 to present | B.A. (Department of Biology)
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Ignacio Provencio

Works (47)

Differential effects of experimental glaucoma on intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in mice

J. Comp. Neurol.
2022-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Opsins outside the eye and the skin: a more complex scenario than originally thought for a classical light sensor

Cell Tissue Res.
2021-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Clinical implications of the melanopsin-based non-image-forming visual system

Neurology
2017-03 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Lack of melanopsin is associated with extreme weight loss in mice upon dietary challenge

PLoS One
2015-05 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

Trends Neurosci.
2014-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

The role of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in nonimage-forming responses to light

Eye Brain
2012-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Light enhances learned fear

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
2011-08 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

The hidden organ in your eyes

Sci. Am.
2011-05 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Postnatal development and functional adaptations of the melanopsin photoreceptive system in the albino mouse retina

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
2010-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Shedding light on photoperiodism

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
2010-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Morphology and mosaics of melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cell types in mice

J. Comp. Neurol.
2010-07 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Light modulates the melanophore response to alpha-MSH in Xenopus laevis: an analysis of the signal transduction crosstalk mechanisms involved

Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
2010-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Topiramate reduces excitability in the basolateral amygdala by selectively inhibiting GluK1 (GluR5) kainate receptors on interneurons and positively modulating GABAA receptors on principal neurons

J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.
2009-08 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

A missense variant (P10L) of the melanopsin (OPN4) gene in seasonal affective disorder

J. Affect. Disord.
2009-04 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Substrate-induced stable enzyme-inhibitor complex formation allows tight binding of novel 2-aminopyrimidin-4(3H)-ones to drug-resistant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase mutants

ChemMedChem
2008-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Targeted destruction of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells with a saporin conjugate alters the effects of light on mouse circadian rhythms

PLoS One
2008-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Meeting report: the role of environmental lighting and circadian disruption in cancer and other diseases

Environ. Health Perspect.
2007-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin triggers the release of internal calcium stores in response to light

Photochem. Photobiol.
2007-03 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Nonvisual light responses in the Rpe65 knockout mouse: rod loss restores sensitivity to the melanopsin system

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
2006-07 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Physiologic diversity and development of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells

Neuron
2005-12 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin and other novel mammalian opsins

Exp. Eye Res.
2005-10 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Induction of photosensitivity by heterologous expression of melanopsin

Nature
2005-02 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Molecular cloning, localization and circadian expression of chicken melanopsin (Opn4): differential regulation of expression in pineal and retinal cell types

J. Neurochem.
2005-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Rhabdomeric phototransduction initiated by the vertebrate photopigment melanopsin

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
2005-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin and non-melanopsin expressing retinal ganglion cells innervate the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus

Vis. Neurosci.
2003-11 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Retinal ganglion cell projections to the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus, intergeniculate leaflet, and visual midbrain: bifurcation and melanopsin immunoreactivity

J. Comp. Neurol.
2003-10 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice

Science
2003-07 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells receive bipolar and amacrine cell synapses

J. Comp. Neurol.
2003-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin, ganglion-cell photoreceptors, and mammalian photoentrainment

J. Biol. Rhythms
2003-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

The photoreceptive capacity of the developing pineal gland and eye of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

J. Neuroendocrinol.
2003-04 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Loss of photic entrainment and altered free-running circadian rhythms in math5-/- mice

J. Neurosci.
2002-12 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin (Opn4) requirement for normal light-induced circadian phase shifting

Science
2002-12 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Cerebellar terminology

Cerebellum
2002-07 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Visual pigments and oil droplets in diurnal lizards: a comparative study of Caribbean anoles

J. Exp. Biol.
2002-04 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Photoreceptive net in the mammalian retina. This mesh of cells may explain how some blind mice can still tell day from night

Nature
2002-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Cultured amphibian melanophores: a model system to study melanopsin photobiology

Methods Enzymol.
2000 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Recent developments in circadian photoreception: more than meets the eye

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.
2000-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Murine aspartoacylase: cloning, expression and comparison with the human enzyme

Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res.
2000-05 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

A novel human opsin in the inner retina

J. Neurosci.
2000-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Retinal projections in mice with inherited retinal degeneration: implications for circadian photoentrainment

J. Comp. Neurol.
1998-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Melanopsin: An opsin in melanophores, brain, and eye

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
1998-01 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Circadian rhythms in mice can be regulated by photoreceptors with cone-like characteristics

Brain Res.
1995-10 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Photopigments and circadian systems of vertebrates

Biophys. Chem.
1995-09 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Identification of vertebrate deep brain photoreceptors

Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev.
1994 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Visual and circadian responses to light in aged retinally degenerate mice

Vision Res.
1994-07 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Photoreceptors regulating circadian behavior: a mouse model

J. Biol. Rhythms
1993 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio

Vitamin A2-based photopigments within the pineal gland of a fully terrestrial vertebrate

Neurosci. Lett.
1993-06 | Journal article
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Ignacio Provencio
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