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Photoreceptor Development and Photostasis

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Photostasis and Related Phenomena

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In photostasis, the rhodopsin content of the retina and the rod outer segment (ROS) lengths change in response to the light of the animals’ habitat. Specifically, for rats maintained in a habitat with dim, cyclic light, rhodopsin content is higher and ROS’s longer than for those maintained in bright cyclic light (Penn and Williams, 1986; Reiser et al., 1996). Alterations in ROS shedding and renewal (Young, 1976) and in rhodopsin distribution in the ROS appear to underlie the observed ROS adaptations to lighting habitat (Schremser and Williams, 1995a, b).

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  1. Departments of Ophthalmology, Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Anne B. Fulton & Ronald M. Hansen

  2. Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-4340, USA

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Fulton, A.B., Hansen, R.M., Dodge, J., Williams, T.P. (1998). Photoreceptor Development and Photostasis. In: Williams, T.P., Thistle, A.B. (eds) Photostasis and Related Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1549-8_11

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