Contributions

  • Wolfgang Baehr (Editor) - Contributor
  • Krzysztof Palczewski (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2003-01-31 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

158,000 words, Guess

Page Count

632 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002040771
  • Goodreads7252703

Classifications

  • LCCRB155-155.8QH431QK47

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.

First Sentence

Vertebrate rod and cone photoreceptors respond to light with a membrane hyperpolarization.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Photoreceptors and Calcium (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)HardcoverSpringer2003-01-31

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