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We propose that the same mechanism which leads to light-adaptation in invertebrate photoreceptors is responsible for the excitation of the receptor potential in vertebrates. Several qualitative and quantitative features of the vertebrate receptor response support this hypothesis.
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Kramer, L., Widmann, T. Quantitative model for the electric response of invertebrate and vertebrate photoreceptors. Biophys. Struct. Mechanism 2, 333–336 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00537503
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00537503