Ionic mechanisms of phototransduction in photoreceptor cells from the epistellar body of the octopus Eledone cirrhosa

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 977-986

  Cobb, Christopher S ^a   Williamson, Roddy ^a,b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cephatopoda; Electrophysiology; Eledone cirrhosa; Epistellar body; Extraocular photoreceptor; Ions; Octopus; Phosphoinositide signalling; Phototransduction; U 73122

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032902008     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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