Shaker K+-channels are predicted to reduce the metabolic cost of neural information in Drosophila photoreceptors

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Niven, J E ^a   Vahasoyrinki M ^b   Juusola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Information; Metabolic cost; Photoreceptor; Shaker; Vision

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0043032511     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0010     Document Type: Article

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