Rapid coupling of calcium release to depolarization in Limulus polyphemus ventral photoreceptors as revealed by microphotolysis and confocal microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1701-1709

  Ukhanov, Kyrill ^a,b   Payne, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

caged InsP3; confocal microscopy; Limulus polyphemus; nitrophenyl EGTA (NPE); photoreceptor; phototransduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEPOLARIZATION; LIMULUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031040082     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01701.1997     Document Type: Article

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