Phototransduction in Mouse Rods and Cones

Overview

Journal Pflugers Arch

Specialty Physiology

Date 2007 Jan 18

PMID 17226052

Citations 173

Authors

Yingbin Fu

King-Wai Yau

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Abstract

Phototransduction is the process by which light triggers an electrical signal in a photoreceptor cell. Image-forming vision in vertebrates is mediated by two types of photoreceptors: the rods and the cones. In this review, we provide a summary of the success in which the mouse has served as a vertebrate model for studying rod phototransduction, with respect to both the activation and termination steps. Cones are still not as well-understood as rods partly because it is difficult to work with mouse cones due to their scarcity and fragility. The situation may change, however.

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