Na+/K+-pump activity in photoreceptors of the blowfly Calliphora: A model analysis based on membrane potential measurements

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-122

  Gerster, U ^a,c   Stavenga, D G ^b   Backhaus, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Blowfly, Calliphora; Photoreceptor; Sodium pump; Voltage dependent K+ channel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031033102     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050032     Document Type: Article

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