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Decrease of K+ conductance underlying a depolarizing photoresponse of a molluscan extraocular photoreceptor

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An identified neurone in theOnchidium abdominal ganglion responds to light with a depolarizing generator potential, so that this neurone functions as an extraocular photoreceptor. The light-evoked depolarizing response is produced by a selective decrease in K+ conductance.

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  1. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 890, Kagoshima, Japan

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Gotow, T. Decrease of K+ conductance underlying a depolarizing photoresponse of a molluscan extraocular photoreceptor. Experientia 42, 52–54 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01975892

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