Abstract
VERTEBRATE photoreceptors have a low membrane potential (about 30 mV) in darkness and respond to illumination with a hyperpolarization associated with an increase of membrane resistance1.
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CERVETTO, L. Influence of Sodium, Potassium and Chloride Ions on the Intracellular Responses of Turtle Photoreceptors. Nature 241, 401–403 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241401a0
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