Photoreceptors and Calcium (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Wolfgang Baehr (Editor); Krzysztof Palczewski (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9780306474156
Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); Medical genetics; Neurosciences; Bio-Inorganic Chemistry; Physiological Optics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Microbiology; Neuroscience; Science / Genetics; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Calcium; Calcium channels; Calcium-binding proteins; Physiological effect; Retina
First sentence: Vertebrate rod and cone photoreceptors respond to light with a membrane hyperpolarization.
Description: Text reviews the understanding of the role of calcium in phototransduction, dark-and light-adaptation, recovery from bleaching and return from the dark state, and synaptic signaling of photoreceptors and their second-order neurons. Includes color plates.