| Vision: how to catch fast signals with slow detectors. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 12021381 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
The visual system is equipped with highly sensitive but slow detectors, yet it can resolve light changes up to 60 Hz. Processes taking place in retinal circuits go beyond the intrinsic limits of the transduction machinery by an unconventional exploitation of voltage-dependent conductances, cleverly lined up to generate a cascade of band-pass amplification stages. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Gian Carlo Demontis; Luigi Cervetto |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society Volume: 17 ISSN: 0886-1714 ISO Abbreviation: News Physiol. Sci. Publication Date: 2002 Jun |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2002-05-21 Completed Date: 2002-07-16 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8609378 Medline TA: News Physiol Sci Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 110-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Dipartimento di Psichiatria e Neurobiologia, Università di Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Animals Humans Reaction Time / physiology Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / physiology* Vision, Ocular / physiology* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Small artery remodeling and significance in the development of hypertension.
Next Document: Metabolic diseases: the environment determines the odds, even for genes.