Light adaptation in Pecten hyperpolarizing photoreceptors: Insensitivity to calcium manipulations

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-384

  Gomez, Maria Del Pilar ^a,b   Nasi, Enrico ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; light adaptation; light dependent channels; photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CILIARY BODY; DIALYSIS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MOLLUSCA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTONS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

EID: 0030889896     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.109.3.371     Document Type: Article

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