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Research article summary:
Vision: how to catch fast signals with slow detectors.
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The visual system is equipped with highly sensitive but slow detectors, yet it can resolve light changes up to 60 Hz. Processes taking place in retinal circuits go beyond the intrinsic limits of the transduction machinery by an unconventional ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Jun
in Journal: News Physiol Sci
(Language : eng)
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2002 Jun;17():110-4
Vision: how to catch fast signals with slow detectors.
Demontis GC, Cervetto L
Dipartimento di Psichiatria e Neurobiologia, Universitą di Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.
The visual system is equipped with highly sensitive but slow detectors, yet it can resolve light changes up to 60 Hz. Processes taking place in retinal circuits go beyond the intrinsic limits of the transduction machinery by an unconventional exploitation of voltage-dependent conductances, cleverly lined up to generate a cascade of band-pass amplification stages.
PMID : 12021381 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Gian Carlo | Demontis | GC |
| Luigi | Cervetto | L |
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Psichiatria e Neurobiologia, Universitą di Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.
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