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. 2012 Jan;139(1):31–56. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201110654

Table 5.

Values of model parameters that best simulate photocurrents in dark-adapted bass single cones: Response to 2-s steps of light

Parameter Categorya Units Cone 4 Mean ± SD
VP* VP*/s Statistical VP*/s 50 1,975 41,466 Fig. 7
γmax Adjustable µM/s 95 95 40
T* Ψ0 Adjustable 1/s 250 250 250 237 ± 31
PDE* βsub Adjustable µM/s per molecule 0.239 0.239 0.239 e0.366 ± 0.101
αPDEinit Adjustable 1/s 2.7 2.8 Fig. 7
αPDEfinal 1/s 7.8 55
kαPDE 1/s 10
Ca2+ influx KHA Adjustable µM 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.085 ± 0.024
CHA Adjustable µM 31.4 31.4 31.4 26.4 ± 9.3
B Adjustable 15 15 15 11 ± 3.3
Ca2+ efflux JCamax Statistical pA 3.89 3.89 3.89 3.96 ± 0.9
KCaexc Adjustable µM 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.025 ± 0.006

Mean ± SD; n = 10 cones.

a

Values of invariant parameters first used to compute dark and flash photocurrents are not repeated here. They have the same values listed in Table 2.