Tara A. LeGates

Melanopsin-Expressing Retinal Ganglion-Cell Photoreceptors: Cellular Diversity and Role in Pattern Vision

Jennifer L. Ecker, O. N. Dumitrescu, Kwoon Y. Wong et al. · Neuron · 2010 · 685 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Vision Science +16

Aberrant light directly impairs mood and learning through melanopsin-expressing neurons

Tara A. LeGates, Cara M. Altimus, Hui Wang et al. · Nature · 2012 · 581 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +12

Reward behaviour is regulated by the strength of hippocampus–nucleus accumbens synapses

Tara A. LeGates, Mark D. Kvarta, Jessica R. Tooley et al. · Nature · 2018 · 301 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Rods-cones and melanopsin detect light and dark to modulate sleep independent of image formation

Cara M. Altimus, Ali D. Güler, Kathryn Villa et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 292 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

Long-Term Potentiation Requires a Rapid Burst of Dendritic Mitochondrial Fission during Induction

Sai Sachin Divakaruni, Adam M. Van Dyke, Ramesh Chandra et al. · Neuron · 2018 · 136 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16