Abstract
The vertebrate photoreceptors detect light by absorbing it within the mass of pigment molecules located in specialized membranes of their outer segments. This process sets off a sequence of intracellular events which eventually lead to an electrical change in the plasma membrane of the visual cell. The electrical change generated by light consists of a graded increase in the transmembrane potential which is transmitted to adjoining neurons for further processing.
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Cervetto, L. (1976). Interactions between Cones and Second-Order Neurons in the Turtle Retina. In: Zettler, F., Weiler, R. (eds) Neural Principles in Vision. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66432-8_8
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