Viagra slows the visual response to flicker
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Viagra slows the visual response to flicker
As an undesirable side effect, sildenafil citrate (Viagra) partially inhibits the phosphodiesterase PDE6 [1], which plays an essential role in phototransduction (reviewed in [2,3]). PDE6 not only activates the visual transduction cascade, but also controls the time over which the visual response is integrated, thereby helping to maintain the size of the visual response within an optimal range a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.01.016