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King–wai Yau's Degrees
- PhD Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biochemistry University of British Columbia
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- Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity (2002) (2305)
- Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina signal colour and irradiance and project to the LGN (2005) (1175)
- Melanopsin and rod–cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice (2003) (1121)
- Responses of retinal rods to single photons. (1979) (844)
- Central projections of melanopsin‐expressing retinal ganglion cells in the mouse (2006) (839)
- Diminished Pupillary Light Reflex at High Irradiances in Melanopsin-Knockout Mice (2003) (785)
- Melanopsin cells are the principal conduits for rod–cone input to non-image-forming vision (2008) (743)
- Generation of three dimensional retinal tissue with functional photoreceptors from human iPSCs (2014) (676)
- Primary structure and functional expression of a cyclic nucleotide-activated channel from olfactory neurons (1990) (641)
- The membrane current of single rod outer segments (1979) (590)
- Cyclic GMP-activated conductance of retinal photoreceptor cells. (1989) (578)
- Identification of Ligands for Olfactory Receptors by Functional Expression of a Receptor Library (1998) (564)
- Human and macaque pupil responses driven by melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells (2007) (505)
- The vitelliform macular dystrophy protein defines a new family of chloride channels (2002) (480)
- Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. (2010) (470)
- Restoration of vision after transplantation of photoreceptors (2012) (448)
- Two components of electrical dark noise in toad retinal rod outer segments. (1980) (444)
- Phototransduction Motifs and Variations (2009) (384)
- A new subunit of the cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel in retinal rods (1993) (358)
- Phototransduction mechanism in retinal rods and cones. The Friedenwald Lecture. (1994) (352)
- Calcium and light adaptation in retinal rods and cones (1988) (352)
- Light-induced reduction of cytoplasmic free calcium in retinal rod outer segment (1985) (345)
- Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels: an extended family with diverse functions. (1996) (325)
- Direct modulation by Ca2+–calmodulin of cyclic nucleotide-activated channel of rat olfactory receptor neurons (1994) (321)
- Co-existence of cationic and chloride components in odorant-induced current of vertebrate olfactory receptor cells (1993) (312)
- Single cyclic GMP-activated channel activity in excised patches of rod outer segment membrane (1986) (311)
- Electrogenic Na–Ca exchange in retinal rod outer segment (1984) (310)
- Calcium-Calmodulin Modulation of the Olfactory Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channel (1994) (307)
- Spatial spread of activation and background desensitization in toad rod outer segments (1981) (291)
- Mutations in the gene encoding the alpha subunit of the rod cGMP-gated channel in autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa. (1995) (273)
- Phototransduction in mouse rods and cones (2007) (266)
- Photon capture and signalling by melanopsin retinal ganglion cells (2008) (263)
- Light-suppressible, cyclic GMP-sensitive conductance in the plasma membrane of a truncated rod outer segment (1985) (260)
- Cyclic GMP-sensitive conductance in outer segment membrane of catfish cones (1985) (243)
- Melanopsin Signaling in Mammalian Iris and Retina (2011) (235)
- Regulation of sensitivity in vertebrate rod photoreceptors by calcium (1996) (233)
- The heteromeric cyclic nucleotide-gated channel adopts a 3A:1B stoichiometry (2002) (228)
- Structure-Function Analysis of the Bestrophin Family of Anion Channels* (2003) (228)
- Distribution of glutamate receptor subtypes in the vertebrate retina (1995) (200)
- Disruption of a Retinal Guanylyl Cyclase Gene Leads to Cone-Specific Dystrophy and Paradoxical Rod Behavior (1999) (193)
- Cation selectivity of light-sensitive conductance in retinal rods (1984) (192)
- Functional genomic screening identifies dual leucine zipper kinase as a key mediator of retinal ganglion cell death (2013) (188)
- Melanopsin-Dependent Photoreception Provides Earliest Light Detection in the Mammalian Retina (2005) (187)
- Light adaptation in retinal rods of the rabbit and two other nonprimate mammals (1991) (182)
- Subunit 2 (or beta) of retinal rod cGMP-gated cation channel is a component of the 240-kDa channel-associated protein and mediates Ca(2+)-calmodulin modulation. (1994) (175)
- The Ca-activated Cl Channel and its Control in Rat Olfactory Receptor Neurons (2003) (166)
- How vision begins: An odyssey (2008) (165)
- Calcium and magnesium fluxes across the plasma membrane of the toad rod outer segment. (1988) (165)
- Mechanism of the Excitatory Cl− Response in Mouse Olfactory Receptor Neurons (2005) (164)
- Effect of ions on the light-sensitive current in retinal rods (1981) (163)
- The Function of Guanylate Cyclase 1 and Guanylate Cyclase 2 in Rod and Cone Photoreceptors* (2007) (152)
- Impaired Channel Targeting and Retinal Degeneration in Mice Lacking the Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Subunit CNGB1 (2005) (151)
- Direct modulation by Ca(2+)-calmodulin of cyclic nucleotide-activated channel of rat olfactory receptor neurons. (1994) (149)
- Elementary Response of Olfactory Receptor Neurons to Odorants (2005) (147)
- Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells detect light with a vitamin A-based photopigment, melanopsin. (2005) (140)
- Retinal rods and cones have distinct G protein beta and gamma subunits. (1992) (138)
- Calcium feedback and sensitivity regulation in primate rods (1991) (134)
- Role of visual pigment properties in rod and cone phototransduction (2003) (133)
- Receptive fields, geometry and conduction block of sensory neurones in the central nervous system of the leech. (1976) (132)
- Central Role of the CNGA4 Channel Subunit in Ca2+-Calmodulin-Dependent Odor Adaptation (2001) (130)
- On and Off Retinal Circuit Assembly by Divergent Molecular Mechanisms (2013) (129)
- Calmodulin permanently associates with rat olfactory CNG channels under native conditions (2004) (121)
- Melanopsin‐expressing ganglion cells on macaque and human retinas form two morphologically distinct populations (2016) (119)
- Parietal-Eye Phototransduction Components and Their Potential Evolutionary Implications (2006) (117)
- Guanosine 3',5'‐cyclic monophosphate‐activated conductance studied in a truncated rod outer segment of the toad. (1988) (116)
- Neuropsin (OPN5)-mediated photoentrainment of local circadian oscillators in mammalian retina and cornea (2015) (110)
- Activation of Visual Pigments by Light and Heat (2011) (108)
- Non-image-forming ocular photoreception in vertebrates (2005) (105)
- Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels: an expanding new family of ion channels. (1994) (105)
- Localization of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in synaptic terminals in the vertebrate retina (1991) (104)
- Identification of a Domain on the β-Subunit of the Rod cGMP-gated Cation Channel That Mediates Inhibition by Calcium-Calmodulin* (1998) (102)
- The cGMP-phosphodiesterase and its contribution to sensitivity regulation in retinal rods (1995) (102)
- Effect of ions on retinal rods from Bufo marinus. (1984) (101)
- Breaking the Covalent Bond— A Pigment Property that Contributes to Desensitization in Cones (2005) (100)
- Determining consequences of retinal membrane guanylyl cyclase (RetGC1) deficiency in human Leber congenital amaurosis en route to therapy: residual cone-photoreceptor vision correlates with biochemical properties of the mutants. (2013) (96)
- Light adaptation in cat retinal rods. (1989) (94)
- Light-induced fluctuations in membrane current of single toad rod outer segments (1977) (91)
- Characterization of guanylate cyclase activity in single retinal rod outer segments (1995) (88)
- Tracer coupling of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells to amacrine cells in the mouse retina (2010) (86)
- Olfactory marker protein modulates the cAMP kinetics of the odour‐induced response in cilia of mouse olfactory receptor neurons (2007) (80)
- Loss of CNGB1 Protein Leads to Olfactory Dysfunction and Subciliary Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channel Trapping* (2006) (79)
- A rich complexity emerges in phototransduction (1993) (78)
- Sodium‐dependent calcium extrusion and sensitivity regulation in retinal cones of the salamander. (1989) (75)
- Cyclic GMP diffusion coefficient in rod photoreceptor outer segments. (1995) (75)
- Quantal noise from human red cone pigment (2008) (72)
- Signaling Properties of a Short-Wave Cone Visual Pigment and Its Role in Phototransduction (2007) (70)
- Molecular Properties of Rhodopsin and Rod Function* (2007) (69)
- Single‐channel measurement from the cyclic GMP‐activated conductance of catfish retinal cones. (1990) (69)
- Olfactory Transduction: Tale of an unusual chloride current (1994) (69)
- Guidance-Cue Control of Horizontal Cell Morphology, Lamination, and Synapse Formation in the Mammalian Outer Retina (2012) (69)
- Physiological properties and receptive fields of mechanosensory neurones in the head ganglion of the leech: comparison with homologous cells in segmental ganglia. (1976) (69)
- Extrasynaptic receptors on cell bodies of neurons in central nervous system of the leech. (1977) (66)
- Identification of components of a phosphoinositide signaling pathway in retinal rod outer segments. (1997) (65)
- Nomenclature for Ion Channel Subunits (2001) (65)
- Molecular cloning, functional expression and chromosomal localization of a human homolog of the cyclic nucleotide‐gated ion channel of retinal cone photoreceptors (1996) (62)
- Thermal activation of the visual transduction mechanism in retinal rods (1979) (57)
- Ca2+-activated Cl− Current from Human Bestrophin-4 in Excised Membrane Patches (2006) (56)
- Introducing Trevor D. Lamb and Edward N. Pugh, Jr, the 2006 Recipients of the Proctor Medal (2006) (53)
- Adaptation to steady light by intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (2013) (52)
- Farnesylation of Retinal Transducin Underlies Its Translocation during Light Adaptation (2005) (51)
- Zinc modulation of a transient potassium current and histochemical localization of the metal in neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus. (1993) (50)
- Intrinsic Light Response of Retinal Horizontal Cells of Teleosts (2009) (49)
- Selective heteromeric assembly of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (2003) (47)
- A cGMP-gated cation channel in depolarizing photoreceptors of the lizard parietal eye (1997) (44)
- In vivo gene delivery in the retina using polyethylenimine. (2007) (41)
- Light responses of primate and other mammalian cones (2014) (40)
- Temperature effects on the membrane current of retinal rods of the toad. (1983) (40)
- Cyclic-Nucleotide- and HCN-Channel-Mediated Phototransduction in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (2018) (39)
- Phototransduction in Rods and Cones (2008) (39)
- Signaling by olfactory receptor neurons near threshold (2010) (38)
- Calcium and phototransduction. (2002) (36)
- An unusual cGMP pathway underlying depolarizing light response of the vertebrate parietal-eye photoreceptor (1998) (35)
- Molecular determinants of the modulation of cyclic nucleotide-activated channels by calmodulin. (1999) (35)
- Functional co-assembly among subunits of cyclic-nucleotide-activated, nonselective cation channels, and across species from nematode to human. (1998) (33)
- Normal Light Response, Photoreceptor Integrity, and Rhodopsin Dephosphorylation in Mice Lacking Both Protein Phosphatases with EF Hands (PPEF-1 and PPEF-2) (2001) (32)
- Calcium and light adaptation in retinal photoreceptors (1991) (32)
- Cell-autonomous light sensitivity via Opsin3 regulates fuel utilization in brown adipocytes (2020) (29)
- Rod Sensitivity of Neonatal Mouse and Rat (2005) (29)
- Dimerization of visual pigments in vivo (2016) (27)
- Synergistic Signaling by Light and Acetylcholine in Mouse Iris Sphincter Muscle (2017) (26)
- Phototransduction Mechanism in Retinal Rods and Cones The Friedenwald Lecture (2005) (24)
- Unitary response of mouse olfactory receptor neurons (2010) (24)
- Spread of activation and desensitisation in rod outer segments (1980) (23)
- Isolation and In Vitro Differentiation of Conditionally Immortalized Murine Olfactory Receptor Neurons (2000) (22)
- Elementary response triggered by transducin in retinal rods (2019) (22)
- Diffusion coefficient of the cyclic GMP analog 8-(fluoresceinyl)thioguanosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate in the salamander rod outer segment. (1995) (20)
- Mechanism of the Excitatory ClResponse in Mouse Olfactory Receptor Neurons (2005) (20)
- Hattar Projections , and Intrinsic Photosensitivity Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells : Architecture (2012) (20)
- Deletion of GRK1 Causes Retina Degeneration through a Transducin-Independent Mechanism (2010) (19)
- PHR1, a PH Domain-Containing Protein Expressed in Primary Sensory Neurons (2004) (19)
- Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina project to the LGN and signal both color and irradiance (2004) (18)
- Cyclic-nucleotide–gated cation current and Ca2+-activated Cl current elicited by odorant in vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons (2016) (18)
- Study of the roles of calcium and cyclic GMP in visual transduction. (1987) (18)
- Photochemical nature of parietopsin. (2012) (16)
- Protein Kinase C Activity and Light Sensitivity of Single Amphibian Rods (1997) (16)
- Spontaneous activation of visual pigments in relation to openness/closedness of chromophore-binding pocket (2017) (15)
- PHOTOTRANSDUCTION IN RETINAL RODS AND CONES (2001) (11)
- Rod Sensitivity During Xenopus Development (2002) (11)
- A cGMP-gated cation channel and phototransduction in depolarizing photoreceptors of the lizard parietal eye (1998) (8)
- Functional Architecture of the Photoreceptive Ganglion Cell in Primate Retina: Morphology, Mosaic Organization and Central Targets of Melanopsin Immunostained Cells (2003) (8)
- Origins of direction selectivity in the primate retina (2021) (7)
- Ca2+-activated Cl current predominates in threshold response of mouse olfactory receptor neurons (2018) (7)
- The membrane current of single rod outer segments (1979) (7)
- Two Types of Melanopsin–Containing Ganglion Cells in the Primate Retina: Links to Dopaminergic Amacrine and DB6 Cone Bipolar Cells (2006) (6)
- Properties of the membrane current of rod outer segments. (1978) (6)
- Study of the ionic basis of visual transduction in vertebrate retinal rods. (1985) (5)
- Functional Architecture of the Photoreceptive Ganglion Cell in Primate Retina: Intrinsic Photosensitivity, S-cone Spectral Opponency and Irradiance Coding (2003) (5)
- Light-dependent photoreceptor orientation in mouse retina (2020) (5)
- Current fluctuations across single rod outer segments (1979) (4)
- Higher Rate of Thermal Activation of Red Cone Pigments With 11–Cis A2 Compared to 11–Cis A1 Retinal as Chromophore (2005) (4)
- Dark noise and retinal degeneration from D190N-rhodopsin (2020) (3)
- The Ca 2 + -activated Cl − Current from Human Bestrophin-4 in Excised Membrane Patches (2006) (3)
- Study of Cone Pigment Function With a Transgenic Mouse Model (2002) (3)
- Sodium‐Calcium Exchange and Phototransduction in Retinal Photoreceptors a (1991) (3)
- Modulation of rod cGMP-gated cation channel by calmodulin. (2000) (3)
- Apo-Opsin and Its Dark Constitutive Activity across Retinal Cone Subtypes (2020) (3)
- Diverse Brain Targets of Melanopsin–Expressing Retinal Ganglion Cells (2004) (2)
- The cGMP-Gated Channels of Rod and Cone Photoreceptors (1990) (2)
- Chapter 2 Spread of Excitation and Background Adaptation in the Rod Outer Segment (1981) (1)
- Author response: Spontaneous activation of visual pigments in relation to openness/closedness of chromophore-binding pocket (2017) (1)
- Novel Phototransduction Pathway in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (ipRGCs) (2017) (1)
- Unusual phototransduction via cross-motif signaling from Gq to adenylyl cyclase in intrinsically photosensitive retinalganglion cells. (2022) (1)
- Characterization of guanylyl cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities in single rod outer segments. (2000) (1)
- Molecular determinants of response kinetics of mouse M1 intrinsically-photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (2021) (1)
- Low signaling efficiency from receptor to effector in olfactory transduction: A quantified ligand-triggered GPCR pathway (2022) (1)
- On presentation of the Proctor Medal of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology to Dr. Denis A. Baylor. (1987) (1)
- Functional genomic screening identifies dual leucine zipper- bearing kinase as a therapeutic target in glaucoma (2013) (1)
- Role of Rod, Cone and Melanopsin–Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells in Light Detection for Non–Image–Forming Visual Functions (2005) (0)
- Kinetics of the cGMP-activated channel of catfish cones. (1990) (0)
- Zincmodulation ofatransient potassium current andhistochemical localization ofthemetalinneurons ofthesuprachiasmatic nucleus (1993) (0)
- Opsin Phosphorylation in Rpe65–/– Mice Reduces Retinal Degeneration (2005) (0)
- Sun Mechanisms On and Off Retinal Circuit Assembly by Divergent Molecular (2014) (0)
- Phototransduction mechanism in depolarizing photoreceptors of lizard parietal eye (1997) (0)
- Erratum: Deletion of GRK1 Causes Retina Degeneration through a Transducin-Independent Mechanism (J. Neurosci. (2010) 30:14 (2496-2503)) (2010) (0)
- Introducing Marie E. Burns, the 2009 Recipient of the Cogan Award. (2010) (0)
- Possible Role for Melanopsin in Photoentrainment of the Circadian Clock in Rodents (2002) (0)
- Functional Expression of Human Red Cone Opsin in Xenopus Laevis Rods (2002) (0)
- Title Spontaneous activation of visual pigments in relation toopenness / closedness of chromophore-binding pocket (2018) (0)
- Cyclic AMP-Gated Channels and Ca-Activated Cl − Channels in Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor Cells (1994) (0)
- Functional Expression of Human Rod and Cone Na/Ca–K Exchangers in Xenopus laevis Rods (2004) (0)
- SunL_pages 1..9 (2013) (0)
- 1P-272 Photoreaction of parietopsin(The 46th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan) (2008) (0)
- Internal Messengers: Group Report (1986) (0)
- Retinal rodsandconeshavedistinct G protein f8andysubunits (1992) (0)
- Reply to Heck et al.: Signal amplification at the rhodopsin-to-transducin·phosphodiesterase step in rod phototransduction (2019) (0)
- Gbeta.gama Subunits Are Required for the Normal Termination of Rod Photoresponse (2007) (0)
- Kinetic Analysis of the Intermediate States of Rhodopsin and Photoresponse of Rod cells Revealed by Rhodopsin Knock-in Mouse (2003) (0)
- Introducing Vadim Y. Arshavsky and Theodore G. Wensel, the 2013 recipients of the proctor medal. (2013) (0)
- Deletion of Guanylate Cyclase 1 (GC1/GC–E) and Guanylate Cyclase 2 (GC2/GC–F) Eliminates Photoreceptor Function (2006) (0)
- Melanopsin Signalling: Low Pigment Density, Large Single-Photon Response, and High-Efficiency Transmission (2009) (0)
- Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin 1914–1998 (1999) (0)
- Protein kinase C activity and light sensitivity of dissociated salamander rods (1997) (0)
- Essential Role of Isoprenylation of Transducin in Regulation of Phototransduction in Rod Cells (2006) (0)
- PHOTOTRANSDUCTION IN A DEPOLARIZING PHOTORECEPTOR OF VERTEBRATES (2001) (0)
- CALCIUM AND PHOTOTRANSDUCTION 1 (2007) (0)
- 1Q1436 Exploring the molecular function of Parietopsin(Photobiology: Vision & Photoreception 1,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan) (2009) (0)
- Sensory systems (2003) (0)
- Constitutive Apo-Opsin Activity Across Retinal Cone Subtypes (2020) (0)
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Olfaction (2001) (0)
- 34.1. Photoreception in the lizard parietal eye: Implications about ciliary–photoreceptor evolution (2007) (0)
- 1TP2-06 Exploring Molecular Functions of Parietopsin(The 47th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan) (2009) (0)
- Gating Kinetics of the cGMP-Activated Conductance of Retinal Cones (1992) (0)
- A New Cl Channel Family Defined by Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (2003) (0)
- Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels: Classification, Structure and Function, Activators and Inhibitors (2000) (0)
- Melanopsin Signaling: Large Single-Photon Response and Sparse Pigment (2008) (0)
- Erratum: In the article Deletion of GRK1 Causes Retina Degeneration through a Transducin-Independent Mechanism by Jie Fan, Keisuke Sakurai, Ching-Kang (2010) (0)
- Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells Detect Light With a Vitamin A–Based Photopigment That is Most Likely Melanopsin (2005) (0)
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