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. 1980 Sep;306:65–78. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1980.sp013386

Sensitization in voltage clamped barnacle photoreceptors.

S R Bolsover
PMCID: PMC1282995  PMID: 7463379

Abstract

1. The light response of Balanus lateral eye photoreceptor was studied using intracellular recording and voltage clamp techniques. 2. The effect upon the light response of a prior depolarization was studied. Two effects were observed: a transient sensitization which appeared not to involve a change in time course, and a long-lived desensitization which was accompanied by a reduction in response time course. 3., The sensitizing effect of depolarizing prepulses increased monotonically with prepulse duration; it was maximal for pulses to around +20 mV. 4. Sensitization was inhibited by perfusion with salines containing cobaltous ions or with calcium-free saline. 5. It is concluded that while desensitization is an effect upon the transduction mechanism, sensitization is a direct influence of a prior depolarization on the light-activated channels.

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