title: Calcium and light adaptation in retinal photoreceptors.
abstract: In the past several years there has been great progress in the understanding of the phototransduction process in retinal photoreceptors. Recently, this knowledge has expanded and we now understand the mechanism of background light adaptation in these cells and the role that calcium has to play.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Yau
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium