A Role for the Sodium Pump in Photoreception in Limulus
- 25 October 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3852), 456-458
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3852.456
Abstract
The membranes of photoreceptor cells in Limulus have an electrogenic sodium pump which contributes directly to membrane potential and whose activity is changed by light. These light-induced changes in pump activity underlie the receptor potential.Keywords
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