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SUBMITTER: Schmitz F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3289946 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmitz Frank F Natarajan Sivaraman S Venkatesan Jagadeesh K JK Wahl Silke S Schwarz Karin K Grabner Chad P CP
Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 20120229
Photoreceptors, the light-sensitive receptor neurons of the retina, receive and transmit a plethora of visual informations from the surrounding world. Photoreceptors capture light and convert this energy into electrical signals that are conveyed to the inner retina. For synaptic communication with the inner retina, photoreceptors make large active zones that are marked by synaptic ribbons. These unique synapses support continuous vesicle exocytosis that is modulated by light-induced, graded chan ...[more]