Calcium and light adaptation in retinal photoreceptors

King Wai Yau

doi:10.1016/0959-4388(91)90086-M

Calcium and light adaptation in retinal photoreceptors

King Wai Yau

School of Medicine

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In the past several years there has been great progress in the understanding of the phototransduction process in retinal photoreceptors. Recently, this knowledge has expanded and we now understand the mechanism of background light adaptation in these cells and the role that calcium has to play.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	252-257
Number of pages	6
Journal	Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-4388(91)90086-M
State	Published - Aug 1991

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