Action spectra of zebrafish cone photoreceptors. 2013

Duco Endeman, and Lauw J Klaassen, and Maarten Kamermans
The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Retinal Signal Processing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Zebrafish is becoming an increasingly popular model in the field of visual neuroscience. Although the absorption spectra of its cone photopigments have been described, the cone action spectra were still unknown. In this study we report the action spectra of the four types of zebrafish cone photoreceptors, determined by measuring voltage responses upon light stimulation using whole cell patch clamp recordings. A generic template of photopigment absorption spectra was fit to the resulting action spectra in order to establish the maximum absorption wavelength, the A2-based photopigment contribution and the size of the β-wave of each cone-type. Although in general there is close correspondence between zebrafish cone action- and absorbance spectra, our data suggest that in the case of MWS- and LWS-cones there is appreciable contribution of A2-based photopigments and that the β-wave for these cones is smaller than expected based on the absorption spectra.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010775 Photic Stimulation Investigative technique commonly used during ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY in which a series of bright light flashes or visual patterns are used to elicit brain activity. Stimulation, Photic,Visual Stimulation,Photic Stimulations,Stimulation, Visual,Stimulations, Photic,Stimulations, Visual,Visual Stimulations
D005260 Female Females
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015027 Zebrafish An exotic species of the family CYPRINIDAE, originally from Asia, that has been introduced in North America. Zebrafish is a model organism for drug assay and cancer research. Brachydanio rerio,Danio rerio,B. rerio,D. rerio,Zebra Fish,Zebra Fishes,Zebra danio,Zebrafishes,D. rerios,Fishes, Zebra,Zebra danios,danio, Zebra
D017949 Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells Photosensitive afferent neurons located primarily within the FOVEA CENTRALIS of the MACULA LUTEA. There are three major types of cone cells (red, blue, and green) whose photopigments have different spectral sensitivity curves. Retinal cone cells operate in daylight vision (at photopic intensities) providing color recognition and central visual acuity. Cone Photoreceptors,Cones (Retina),Cone Photoreceptor Cells,Photoreceptors, Cone,Retinal Cone,Retinal Cone Cells,Retinal Cone Photoreceptors,Cell, Cone Photoreceptor,Cell, Retinal Cone,Cells, Cone Photoreceptor,Cells, Retinal Cone,Cone (Retina),Cone Cell, Retinal,Cone Cells, Retinal,Cone Photoreceptor,Cone Photoreceptor Cell,Cone Photoreceptor, Retinal,Cone Photoreceptors, Retinal,Cone, Retinal,Cones, Retinal,Photoreceptor Cell, Cone,Photoreceptor Cells, Cone,Photoreceptor, Cone,Photoreceptor, Retinal Cone,Photoreceptors, Retinal Cone,Retinal Cone Cell,Retinal Cone Photoreceptor,Retinal Cones

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