From Fruit Flies to Barnacles, Histamine Is the Neurotransmitter of Arthropod Photoreceptors
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to adapt, centering their operating range on the value of presynaptic voltage set by the background light intensity. Even when the photoreceptor is maintained in a depolarized state in bright lights, these hardy synapses do not fatigue (Hayashi et al., 1985). This intriguing synAnn E. Stuart* Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999