| Range |
~100 Photoisomerizations/sec
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| Organism |
Macaque Macaca fascicularis |
| Reference |
Baylor DA, Nunn BJ, Schnapf JL. The photocurrent, noise and spectral sensitivity of rods of the monkey Macaca fascicularis. J Physiol. 1984 Dec357: 575-607. p.591 bottom paragraphPubMed ID6512705
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| Method |
Recording membrane current from single outer segments projecting from small pieces of retina. |
| Comments |
The flash sensitivity of the cells in bicarbonate was reduced to half the dark-adapted value by about 60 photons/µm^2/sec, or about 100 isomerizations/sec. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107386 |