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SUBMITTER: Wang JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2707787 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature neuroscience 20090201 3
Daytime vision is mediated by retinal cones, which, unlike rods, remain functional even in bright light and dark-adapt rapidly. These cone properties are enabled by rapid regeneration of their pigment. This in turn requires rapid chromophore recycling that may not be achieved by the canonical retinal pigment epithelium visual cycle. Recent biochemical studies have suggested the presence of a second, cone-specific visual cycle, although its physiological function remains to be established. We fou ...[more]