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Photopigments are
unstable pigments that
undergo a
chemical change when they
absorb light. The term is
generally applied to the non-protein chromop****...
- Jacobs, G. H.; Deegan, J. F.; Neitz; Neitz, J.; Crognale, M. A. (1993). "
Photopigments and
colour vision in the
nocturnal monkey, Aotus".
Vision Research....
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different between rod and cone
cells and
results from the
regeneration of
photopigments to
increase retinal sensitivity.
Light adaptation, in contrast, works...
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study suggests that as many as 50% of
women and 8% of men may have four
photopigments and
corresponding increased chromatic discrimination compared to trichromats...
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higher wavelengths of
light are altered, so they can
excite the
sensory photopigments. This
physiological difference between butterfly species provides insight...
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intrinsically photosensitive.
Hattar concluded that
melanopsin is the
photopigment in a
small subset of RGCs that
contributes to the
intrinsic photosensitivity...
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perception in the
periphery increases with the size of stimulus. The
opsins (
photopigments)
present in the L and M
cones are
encoded on the X chromosome; defective...
- parts: an
opsin (a protein) and
retinal (a lipid).
There are 3
specific photopigments (each with
their own
wavelength sensitivity) that
respond across the...
- in****tions of
their cell
membranes that
create stacks of
membranous disks.
Photopigments exist as
transmembrane proteins within these disks,
which provide more...
- 1515/aoas-2015-0031. Jacobs, G.H.; Deegan, J.F.; Neitz, J. (1998). "
Photopigment basis for
dichromatic color vision in cows,
goats and sheep". Vis. Neurosci...
