Table 2

Continuous noise in rod photoreceptors

Total continuous noiseContinuous noise 0.1–1 HzContinuous noise 5–10 Hz
Tr+/+0.24 ± 0.08 (N = 6)0.1 ± 0.04 (N = 6)0.0014 ± 0.007 (N = 5)
Tr+/−0.21 ± 0.03 (N = 6)0.09 ± 0.03 (N = 6)0.007 ± 0.001 (N = 6)
PDE6+/+0.42 ± 0.04 (N = 10)0.33 ± 0.07 (N = 11)0.029 ± 0.003 (N = 11)
PDE6+/−0.75 ± 0.05* (N = 6)0.65 ± 0.1** (N = 6)0.013 ± 0.001** (N = 6)
  • The power of the cellular dark noise (pA2) was calculated as the frequency integral of total power in darkness subtracted by the light-isolated instrumental noise between 0.1 and 10 Hz, 0.1 and 1 Hz, and 5 and 10 Hz.