Fluorescence of photoreceptor cells observed in vivo.
Most rhabdomeres in the eye of the fly (Musca domestica) are fluorescent. One kind of fluorescent emission emanates from a photoproduct of the visual pigment, other kinds may be ascribed to photostable pigments. These phenomena provide not only a means of spectrally mapping the retina but also a new spectroscopic tool for analyzing the primary visual processes in vivo.
D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D005453:Fluorescence; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000502:physiology; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D012243:Rhodopsin