Fluorescence of Photoreceptor Cells Observed in Vivo
- 11 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 213 (4513) , 1264-1267
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7268434
Abstract
Most rhabdomeres in the eye of the fly (Musca domestica) are fluorescent. One kind of fluorescent emission emanates from a photoproduct of the visual pigment, other kinds may be ascribed to photostable pigments. These phenomena provide not only a means of spectrally mapping the retina but also a new spectroscopic tool for analyzing the primary visual processes in vivo.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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