Invertebrate phototransduction is an important model system for studying the ubiquitous
inositol-lipid signaling system. In the transient receptor potential (trp) mutant, one of the most …

The brain's capacity to analyse and interpret information is limited ultimately by the input it
receives. This sets a premium on information capacity of sensory receptors, which can be …

Seeing begins in the photoreceptors, where light is absorbed and signaled to the nervous
system. Throughout the animal kingdom, photoreceptors are diverse in design and purpose. …

Phototransduction in invertebrate microvillar photoreceptors is thought to be mediated by
the activation of phospholipase C (PLC), but how this leads to gating of the light-sensitive …

Practically no other invertebrate has been used so extensively for the investigation of the visual
system as the fly, particularly the genera Musca, Calliphora and Drosophila. The reasons …

COMPARED with the variety of neuromodulatory agents acting through second messenger
systems, the number of fast neurotran-smitters which directly activate ion channels is limited. …

Intracellular recordings from photoreceptors and large monopolar cells (LMC's) of the
flyCalliphora stygia, and the dragonflyHemicordulia tau, were used to examine the peripheral light …

The regular facetted appearance of the dipteran compound eye conceals an equally regular
array of photoreceptors and interneurons that constitutes one of the most thoroughly …

Phototransduction in Drosophila microvillar photoreceptor cells is mediated by a G protein–activated
phospholipase C (PLC). PLC hydrolyzes the minor membrane lipid …

As in most invertebrate microvillar photoreceptors, phototransduction in Drosophila
melanogaster uses a G-protein-coupled phosphoinositide pathway, whereby hydrolysis of …