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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2017

Voltage-sensitive conductances increase the sensitivity of rod photoresponses following pigment bleaching.

Johan Pahlberg, Rikard Frederiksen, Gabriel E Pollock, Kiyoharu J Miyagishima, Alapakkam P Sampath, M Carter Cornwall

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Johan PahlbergOphthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4038-9693
Rikard FrederiksenPhysiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Gabriel E PollockOphthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Kiyoharu J MiyagishimaUnit on Retinal Neurophysiology, National Eye Institute Intramural Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Alapakkam P SampathOphthalmology, Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0785-9577
M Carter CornwallPhysiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USBoston University · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Vision Research Core at UCLAP30EY000331 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Gregory Darin Field, DAVID S WILLIAMS · 1985 to 2026
$16.8M
Functional characteristics of rod pathways in the retinaR01EY017606 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SAMPATH, ALAPAKKAM P · 2006 to 2015
$3.7M
Analyses of retinal circuits after rod rescue in a mouse model of human blindnessR01EY027193 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, JEANNIE, FIELD, GREGORY DARIN · 2016 to 2020
$2.7M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY000331NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017606NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsFollowing substantial bleaching of the visual pigment, the desensitization of the rod photovoltage is not as substantial as the desensitization of the rod outer segment photocurrent. The block of cation conductances during the internal dialysis of Cs ABSTRACT: A majority of our visual experience occurs during the day when a substantial fraction of the visual pigment in our photoreceptor cells is bleached. Under these conditions it is widely believed that rods are saturated and do not contribute substantially to downstream signalling. However, behavioural experiments on subjects with only rod function reveals that these individuals unexpectedly retain substantial vision in daylight. We sought to understand this discrepancy by characterizing the sensitivity of rod photoresponses following exposure to bright bleaching light. Measurements of the rod outer segment photocurrent in transgenic mice, which have only rod function, revealed the well-studied reduction in the sensitivity of rod photoresponses following pigment bleaching. However, membrane voltage measurements showed that the desensitization of the photovoltage was considerably less than that of the outer segment photocurrent following equivalent pigment bleaching. This discrepancy was largely eliminated during the blockade of cation channels due to the internal dialysis of Cs

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Action PotentialsVision, OcularAnimalsCells, CulturedCesiumMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRetinal PigmentsRetinal Rod Photoreceptor CellsCesiumRetinal Pigmentsadaptationphotocurrentphotovoltageretinarod photoreceptor

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PMID28168711
PMCPMC5451700
OpenAlexW2586301509

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