Ionic current model of the vertebrate rod photoreceptor

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4059-4068

  Kamiyama, Y ^a   Ogura, T ^a   Usui, S ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionic current model; Photoreceptor; Simulation analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION CURRENT; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; POTASSIUM; RODS (RETINA); VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030560585     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00178-2     Document Type: Article

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