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Physical Changes Induced by Light in the Rod Outer Segment of Vertebrates

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Photochemistry of Vision

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 1))

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Information on the distribution and physical state of the visual pigment within the rod outer segment is basic to the subject of this chapter. An understanding of the changes produced by light must include the manner in which a localized physico-chemical event initiated at the site of absorption of a photon by a pigment molecule is able to affect spatially separated regions. Visual excitation requires that all (or nearly all) pigment molecules be so situated that the photochemical conversion of any one of them should have a high probability of initiating an excitatory process capable of propagating to other cells in the visual pathway (Pirenne, 1967; Bkendley, 1970).

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Falk, G., Fatt, P. (1972). Physical Changes Induced by Light in the Rod Outer Segment of Vertebrates. In: Dartnall, H.J.A. (eds) Photochemistry of Vision. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65066-6_7

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