Conductance Changes Associated with Receptor Potential in Limulus Photoreceptors
- 25 October 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3852), 454-456
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3852.454
Abstract
The receptor potential in Limulus photoreceptors appears to be a consequence not of permeability changes in the cell membrane but of alterations in a light-sensitive constant-current generator.Keywords
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