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JORES1 considered that melanophore hormone might have a role in night vision, first because nocturnal animals have more melanophore hormone in their hypophysis than diurnal ones; secondly, because the amount of the hormone increases on dark-adaptation; and thirdly because, apart from the hypophysis, the hormone is concentrated only in the eye and thalamus. He presumed that the function of the hormone was to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of visual purple.
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HANAOKA, T. Effect of Melanophore Hormone on Regeneration of Visual Purple in Solution. Nature 172, 866 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172866a0
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