REDUCED CYTOPLASMIC CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION MAY BE BOTH NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT FOR PHOTORECEPTOR LIGHT ADAPTATION

Authors
MATTHEWS HR FAIN GL
Citation
Hr. Matthews et Gl. Fain, REDUCED CYTOPLASMIC CALCIUM-CONCENTRATION MAY BE BOTH NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT FOR PHOTORECEPTOR LIGHT ADAPTATION, Behavioral and brain sciences, 18(3), 1995, pp. 481-481
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
481 - 481
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1995)18:3<481:RCCMBB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Light adaptation is modulated almost exclusively by changes in intrace llular Ca2+ concentration, and other Ca2+-independent mechanisms are l ikely to play only a minor role. Changes in Ca2+i may be not only nece ssary for light adaptation to take place but sufficient to cause it.