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Photoreceptor Ion Channels in Signaling and Disease
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Photoreceptor Ion Channels in Signaling and Disease

Shivangi M Inamdar, Colten K Lankford and Sheila A Baker
Retinal Degenerative Diseases XIX : Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy, Vol.1415, pp.269-276
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, v. 1415
01/01/2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27681-1_39

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Abstract

Photoreceptors (PRs) in the neural retina convert photon capture into an electrical signal that is communicated across a chemical synapse to second-order neurons in the retina and on through the rest of the visual pathway. This information is decoded in the visual cortex to create images. The activity of PRs depends on the concerted action of several voltage-gated ion channels that will be discussed in this chapter.

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