Research Catalog

Title

Photostasis and related phenomena / edited by Theodore P. Williams and Anne B. Thistle.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Williams, Theodore P.
• Thistle, Anne B.
• Neuroscience Program Symposium on Photostasis and Related Topics (1997 : Tallahassee, Fla.)

Description

xii, 225 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Photoreceptors > Congresses
• Rhodopsin > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of the Neuroscience Program Symposium on Photostasis and Related Topics, held February 21-23, 1997, in Tallahassee, Florida"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Early Studies of the Photostasis Phenomenon: Retinal Adaptation to the Light Environment / John S. Penn -- 2. Light History and Photostasis: What Is a "Normal" Rat Retina? / Theodore P. Williams -- 3. Hints of Photostasis in Invertebrates / Steven C. Chamberlain and William W. Weiner -- 4. Regulation of Rhodopsin Expression in Rhabdomeral Photoreceptors: Functional Analysis of the 5' Flanking Region of the Calliphora Rh1 Opsin Gene / Armin Huber and Reinhard Paulsen -- 5. Rod Outer Segment (ROS) Renewal: An Underlying Mechanism for Maintaining Photostasis / Jeri-Lynn Schremser-Berlin -- 6. Environmental Light and Age-Related Changes in Retinal Proteins / D. T. Organisciak, R. M. Darrow and R. A. Darrow [et al.] -- 7. The Origin of the Major Rod- and Cone-Driven Components of the Rodent Electroretinogram and the Effect of Age and Light-Rearing History on the Magnitude of These Components / E. N. Pugh, Jr., B. Falsini and A. L. Lyubarsky --
• 8. Effects of Photoresponse Prolongation on Retinal Rods of Transgenic Mice / Clint L. Makino, John G. Flannery and Jeannie Chen [et al.] -- 9. Photostasis: Implications for Pineal, Circadian, and Visual Photosensitivity / Ziad Boulos and Michael Terman -- 10. Circadian Regulation of Vertebrate Photoreceptors: Rhythms in the Gating of Cationic Channels / Stuart E. Dryer, Theresa D'Souza and Michelle A. Reiser -- 11. Photoreceptor Development and Photostasis / Anne B. Fulton, Ronald M. Hansen and Janice Dodge [et al.] -- 12. Photostasis and Beyond: Where Adaptation Ends / Ch. E. Reme, R. Bush and F. Hafezi [et al.] -- 13. Photostasis in Plants: Mechanisms and Regulation / Anastasios Melis.

ISBN

0306458063

LCCN

97052808

OCLC

• 38180123
• ocm38180123

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries