DONGGEN LUO

Main Publications:

1. Luo DG#, Yue WWS, Ala-Laurila P and Yau KW# (2011) Activation of visual pigments by light and heat.Science 332, 1037-1312. (# Co-corresponding Authors)

2. Luo DG, Su CY and Yau KW (2009) Photoreceptors: Physiology. In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Vol. 7, (Ed. Squire, LR) Academic Press, pp. 677-686.

3. Luo DG, Xue T and Yau KW (2008) How vision begins: an odyssey. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 9855-9862.

4. Fu Y*, Kefalov VJ*, Luo DG*, Xue T* and Yau KW (2008) Quantal noise from human red cone pigment.Nature Neurosci. 11, 565-571. (* Equal Contributions).

5. Luo DG, Kefalov VJ and Yau KW (2007) Phototransduction in rods and cones. In The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. (Eds. Masland HR and Albright TD) Elsevier, pp 269-301.

6. Su CY, Luo DG, Terakita A, Shichida Y, Liao HW, Kazmi MA, Sakmar TP and Yau KW (2006) Parietal-eye phototransduction components and their potential evolutionary implications. Science 311, 11617-11621.

7. Luo DG and Yau KW  (2005) Rod sensitivity of neonatal mouse and rat. J. Gen. Physiol. 126, 263-269.

8. Huttl S, Michalakis S, Seeliger M, Luo DG, Acar N, Geiger H, Hudl K, Mader R, Haverkamp S, Moser M, Pfeifer A, Gerstner A, Yau KW and Biel M (2005) Impaired channel targeting and retinal degeneration in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit CNGB1. J. Neurosci. 25, 130-138.

9. Luo DG and Yang XL (2002) Suppression by zinc of transient OFF responses of carp amacrine cells to red light is mediated by GABAA receptors. Brain Res. 958, 222-226.