"Dark Adaptation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Adjustment of the eyes under conditions of low light. The sensitivity of the eye to light is increased during dark adaptation.
| Descriptor ID |
D003623
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G14.020.371
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| Concept/Terms |
Dark Adaptation- Dark Adaptation
- Adaptation, Dark
- Scotopic Adaptation
- Adaptation, Scotopic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dark Adaptation" by people in Profiles.
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Development and Validation of a Commercially Available Two Color Dark Adapted Perimetry to Assess Inherited Retinal Degenerations. Am J Ophthalmol. 2026 Jan; 281:419-439.
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Regional Variations and Intra-/Intersession Repeatability for Scotopic Sensitivity in Normal Controls and Patients With Inherited Retinal Degenerations. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 03 01; 60(4):1122-1131.
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Transgenic Mice Over-Expressing RBP4 Have RBP4-Dependent and Light-Independent Retinal Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 08 01; 58(10):4375–4383.
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A Dominant Mutation in Rpe65, D477G, Delays Dark Adaptation and Disturbs the Visual Cycle in the Mutant Knock-In Mice. Am J Pathol. 2017 Mar; 187(3):517-527.
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Conditional Ablation of Retinol Dehydrogenase 10 in the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium Causes Delayed Dark Adaption in Mice. J Biol Chem. 2015 Nov 06; 290(45):27239-27247.
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Electrophysiological characterization of rod and cone responses in the baboon nonhuman primate model. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2014; 801:67-73.
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Modulation of mouse rod photoreceptor responses by Grb14 protein. J Biol Chem. 2014 Jan 03; 289(1):358-64.
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Increased cone sensitivity to ABCA4 deficiency provides insight into macular vision loss in Stargardt's dystrophy. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Jul; 1822(7):1169-79.
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Voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunits Na(v)1.1, Na(v)1.2, and Na(v)1.6 in the distal mammalian retina. Mol Vis. 2007 Nov 27; 13:2163-82.
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RPE65 gene delivery restores isomerohydrolase activity and prevents early cone loss in Rpe65-/- mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Mar; 47(3):1177-84.