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Comparative nematode photoreceptors
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 1975Abstract 1. 1. The fine structure and spectral absorption of the pigmented photoreceptors of the marine nematodes, Araeolaimus elegans, Chromadorina sp. and Enoplus communis have been examined. The absorption characteristics and fine structure of the “chromatrope” of Mermis nigrescens are reported. 2. 2. E.
N A, Croll, A A, Evans, J M, Smith
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Archives of Ophthalmology, 1983
A 61-year-old woman with progressive blindness, initially responsive to steroid therapy, was found to have an undifferentiated neoplasm in the cervix uteri. Visual fields demonstrated ring scotomas and the electroretinographic pattern eventually became flat. The interval from onset of visual symptoms to blindness was 19 months.
J L, Keltner, A M, Roth, R S, Chang
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A 61-year-old woman with progressive blindness, initially responsive to steroid therapy, was found to have an undifferentiated neoplasm in the cervix uteri. Visual fields demonstrated ring scotomas and the electroretinographic pattern eventually became flat. The interval from onset of visual symptoms to blindness was 19 months.
J L, Keltner, A M, Roth, R S, Chang
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2015
Retina is a neurosensory tissue lining the back of the eye and is responsible for light detection and relaying the signal to the visual cortex in the brain. Mammalian retina consists of six major types of neurons (including photoreceptors; rods and cones) and one type of glial cells arranged in distinct layers. Photoreceptors are the most abundant cell
Linjing, Li +3 more
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Retina is a neurosensory tissue lining the back of the eye and is responsible for light detection and relaying the signal to the visual cortex in the brain. Mammalian retina consists of six major types of neurons (including photoreceptors; rods and cones) and one type of glial cells arranged in distinct layers. Photoreceptors are the most abundant cell
Linjing, Li +3 more
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Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2008
Only five major types of sensory photoreceptors (BLUF-proteins, cryptochromes, phototropins, phytochromes, and rhodopsins) are used in nature to regulate developmental processes, photosynthesis, photoorientation, and control of the circadian clock. Sensory photoreceptors of algae and protists are exceptionally rich in structure and function; light ...
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Only five major types of sensory photoreceptors (BLUF-proteins, cryptochromes, phototropins, phytochromes, and rhodopsins) are used in nature to regulate developmental processes, photosynthesis, photoorientation, and control of the circadian clock. Sensory photoreceptors of algae and protists are exceptionally rich in structure and function; light ...
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Photoreceptor Degeneration: Molecular Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Degeneration
2014Rod and cone photoreceptors initiate the visual process by capturing photons and transducing the information into chemical and electrical signals. These functionally specialized neurons have high metabolic activity and oxygen consumption, making them vulnerable to genetic insults and changes in microenvironment.
Jerome E. Roger, Anand Swaroop
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1961
Publisher Summary Photoreceptors are structures containing photosensitive pigments (chlorophyll and retinene) that upon light absorption initiate phototropisms, photosynthesis, and vision. The photoreceptors in plant cells are the chloroplast for photosynthesis; in animal cells they are the retinal rods and cones for vision.
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Publisher Summary Photoreceptors are structures containing photosensitive pigments (chlorophyll and retinene) that upon light absorption initiate phototropisms, photosynthesis, and vision. The photoreceptors in plant cells are the chloroplast for photosynthesis; in animal cells they are the retinal rods and cones for vision.
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2014
Vegetables like other plants use sunlight as an energy source for survive and continue their lives. White light consists of different wave lenght of lights; human eye is able to perceive solely some parts of these lights. On the other hand, plants have sensitive pigments which are able to perceive the lights which one out of this spectrum and those ...
PADEM, Hüseyin, ÖZDAMAR, Halime
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Vegetables like other plants use sunlight as an energy source for survive and continue their lives. White light consists of different wave lenght of lights; human eye is able to perceive solely some parts of these lights. On the other hand, plants have sensitive pigments which are able to perceive the lights which one out of this spectrum and those ...
PADEM, Hüseyin, ÖZDAMAR, Halime
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