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Circadian Regulation of Vertebrate Photoreceptors

Rhythms in the Gating of Cationic Channels

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Even though ambient light intensity can be as much as 12 orders of magnitude greater during the day than during the night, visual systems can detect contrasts in the face of these enormous changes in background illumination. Some of this behavior can be attributed to acute adaptive phenomena, but it is now clear that circadian oscillators also play an important role in regulating photoreceptor responses to large daily changes in ambient illumination (reviewed by Cahill and Besharse, 1995).

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Dryer, S.E., D’Souza, T., Reiser, M.A. (1998). Circadian Regulation of Vertebrate Photoreceptors. In: Williams, T.P., Thistle, A.B. (eds) Photostasis and Related Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1549-8_10

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