Efferent Optic Nerve Fibers Mediate Circadian Rhythms in the Limulus Eye
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 197 (4298), 86-89
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.867057
Abstract
When the horseshoe crab is kept in constant darkness, the lateral eye produces larger electroretinographic and optic nerve responses at night than during the day. These circadian rhythms are mediated by synchronous bursts of efferent impulses in the optic nerve trunk. The endogenous efferent activity appears to increase both the gain and the quantum catch of the photoreceptors.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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