| Literature DB >> 17699881 |
Haruhisa Okawa1, Alapakkam P Sampath.
Abstract
Our ability to see in dim light is limited by the statistics of light absorption in rod photoreceptors and the faithful transmission of the light-evoked signals through the retina. This article reviews the physiological mechanisms at the synapse between rods and rod bipolar cells, the first relay in a pathway that mediates vision near absolute threshold.Mesh:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17699881 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00007.2007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Physiology (Bethesda) ISSN: 1548-9221