Phototransduction is a process that lasts only ... the observed extension of the photoreceptors is consistent with theoretical predictions regarding activation of the phototransduction cascade.

Second, we manipulated the cone phototransduction cascade to identify where noise originates. Third, we determined how light-adaptation affected the signal and noise of primate rod and cone responses.

In the absence of eyes, the fresh water polyp, Hydra magnipapillata, nevertheless reacts to light. New research published in BioMed Central's open-access journal BMC Biology shows that stinging ...

Up to 20 percent of LCA cases are caused by mutations in GUCY2D, a gene that encodes a key protein needed in retinal photoreceptor cells for the "phototransduction cascade" -- the process that ...

Drosophila phototransduction has served as a model system for elucidating the molecular basis of sensory signal processing. In the fruitfly’s photoreceptors, light is captured by rhodopsin and ...

Gordon Fain, whose pioneering research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) employs molecular genetics and physiology to better understand rod and cone phototransduction, will receive ...