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Light Induced Changes of Ionic Flux in the Retinal Rod

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STUDIES using X-ray diffraction on the highly organized outer segments of the retinal rods have up to now been static structural ones, functional studies requiring too long a time. Electron density profiles of rod disks have been derived from diffraction data on strips of isolated retinas1-3. Diffraction in intact retina4 and small changes of the disk membrane structure after total bleaching have also been observed5.

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  1. ANDREA CAVAGGIONI: On leave from University of Parma, Italy.

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    MARC CHABRE & ANDREA CAVAGGIONI

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CHABRE, M., CAVAGGIONI, A. Light Induced Changes of Ionic Flux in the Retinal Rod. Nature New Biology 244, 118–120 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244118a0

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