title: Photoreceptors: unconventional ways of seeing.
abstract: Animals perceive light typically by photoreceptor neurons assembled in eyes, but some also use non-eye photosensory neurons. Multidendritic neurons in the body wall of Drosophila larvae have now been shown to use an unconventional phototransduction mechanism to sense light.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Naryttza N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Simon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sprecher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D034582:Integumentary System / Q000502:physiology*; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology*