A physiological model of dark-adapted and light-adapted photoreceptors of the honeybee

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-160

  Becker, K ^a   Backhaus, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEEDBACK; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034134231     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220050015     Document Type: Article

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