title: Essential fatty acid deficiency and photoreceptor membrane renewal--a reappraisal.
abstract: The earlier reports from this laboratory that the renewal of rat photoreceptor membranes was dependent on essential fatty acids have not been confirmed in more recent studies.
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency*; D008566:Membranes / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D012243:Rhodopsin