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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of photons necessary to excite a rod | Human Homo sapiens | 1 | unitless | 100709 | Brain Facts and Figures... |
| Rod phototransduction parameter values | vertebrates | Table - link | N/A | 110363 | Ramanathan S, Detwiler PB... |
| Regeneration time of visual pigment | Human Homo sapiens | rhodopsin 40min: cone pigment ~8min | minutes | 111347 | Rushton WAH. Dark-adaptation... |
| Refractive index | Vertebrates | in cornea 1.376: in water 1.333: crystalline lens 1.4-1.5 | unitless | 117194 | Koudouna E et al., Evolution... |
| Fraction of the ROS intracellular space occupied by stack of discs enclosed by the plasma membrane | Unspecified | ~50 | % | 109736 | Dumke CL, Arshavsky VY... |
| Dimensions of ROS (Rod Outer Segment) | Unspecified | Length ~60: diameter 6 | μm | 109737 | Dumke CL, Arshavsky VY... |
| Fraction of retinals that are in the all-trans configuration | Mouse Mus musculus | in the dark ~5% in constant light ~35% | % | 111396 | Saari JC. Biochemistry... |
| Dimensions of RIS (Rod inner Segment) in eye of young | Human Homo sapiens | 2.05 to 2.27 | μm | 109780 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Dimensions of RIS (Rod inner Segment) in eye of old | Human Homo sapiens | 2.32 to 2.56 | μm | 109781 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Changes with age in dimensions of human foveolar cones | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | μm | 108246 | Yuodelis C, Hendrickson... |
| Dimensions of foveolar cone of middle-aged human | Human Homo sapiens | 2 width: >400 length | μm | 108247 | Yuodelis C, Hendrickson... |
| Diffusion coefficient of cGMP in the disc stacks of ROS (Rod Outer Segment) | Unspecified | 170 | μm^2/sec | 109738 | Dumke CL, Arshavsky VY... |
| Recovery time (Half-life) from illumination | Mouse Mus musculus | with constant illumination 5min: with flash illumination 17min | min | 111397 | Saari JC. Biochemistry... |
| Rates of rhodopsin regeneration | Mouse Mus musculus | arrestin-/- mice 0.8%/min: normal mice 1.0%/min | %/min | 111399 | Saari JC. Biochemistry... |
| Number of receptors and ganglion cells per visual degree (pvd) | American kestrel Falco sparverius | receptors pvd in the central fovea 8300: receptors pvd in the temporal fovea 7700: ganglion cells pvd in the central fovea 3000: ganglion cells pvd in the temporal fovea 700 | receptors or ganglion cells/visual degree | 117192 | Bringmann A. Structure... |
| Rod luminosity distribution in spectrum | Unspecified | Table - link | N/A | 111992 | Hecht S, Shlaer S, Pirenne... |
| Fraction of CCPs [Clathrin-Coated Pits] that have no dynamin recruitment in RPE [retinal pigment epithelium] cells | Human Homo sapiens | ~50 | % | 112148 | Aguet F, Antonescu CN... |
| Range of light intensity that can be seen by humans | Human Homo sapiens | <10^-2 photons/µm^2/sec (starlight) to >10^8 photons/µm^2/sec (bright sunlight) | photons/µm^2/sec | 111341 | F. Rieke and D. A. Baylor... |
| Midget retinal ganglion cell soma | Human Homo sapiens | 14.8 | µm | 112284 | Dacey, D.M. and Petersen... |
| Parasol retinal ganglion cell soma | Human Homo sapiens | 16.5 | µm | 112285 | Dacey, D.M. and Petersen... |