F. Crescitelli

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The Visual Cells and Visual Pigments of the Vertebrate Eye
Information about the environment is received by animals via a number of sensory structures, each specialized to respond optimally to a particular physical or chemical change in the environment. Of… Expand
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Certain effects of antihistamines and related compounds on frog nerve fibers.
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THE NATURE OF THE GECKO VISUAL PIGMENT
  • F. Crescitelli
  • Biology, Medicine
  • The Journal of general physiology
  • 20 November 1956
Retinal extracts of the Australian gecko, Phyllurus milii (White), have revealed the presence of a photosensitive pigment, unusual for terrestrial animals, because of its absorption maximum at 524… Expand
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THE NATURE OF THE LAMPREY VISUAL PIGMENT
  • F. Crescitelli
  • Biology, Medicine
  • The Journal of general physiology
  • 20 January 1956
From the retina of the land-locked population of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, a photolabile pigment was extracted which was identified spectrophotometrically as a member of the rhodopsin… Expand
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The gecko visual pigments: a microspectrophotometric study
1. A dual system of visual pigments having absorbance maxima in the green and blue respectively has been found in the retinas of geckos both by single cell microspectrophotometry and by the method of… Expand
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF VISUAL PIGMENTS
  • F. Crescitelli
  • Art, Medicine
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • 1 November 1958
Many of the visual pigments located in the outer segments of the visual cells of the vertebrate retina can be brought into solution and analyzed spectrophotometrically. Such studies have revealed… Expand
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Changes in ultrastructure and electroretinogram of bullfrog retina during development.
A study has been made with the purpose of attempting to correlate the ultrastructural and electroretinographic changes in the retina of the bullfrog during embryonic growth. On day 8 after… Expand
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A correlation of ultrastructure and function in the developing retina oof the frog tadpole.
The first electroretinographic response to light in developing tadpoles (Rana pipiens) was a purely cornea-negative slow potential which corresponded in time of first appearance with the first… Expand
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A photosensitive pigment of the carp retina
Two visual pigments, rhodopsin (or visual purple) and porphyropsin (or visual violet) appear to have a widespread distribution. Thus Wald (1949), referring to rod pigments, writes: 'To summarize our… Expand
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Delayed off-responses recorded from the isolated frog retina.
Using the isolated frog retina perfused with a glucose-containing physiological fluid, it is possible to demonstrate, by electrical recording, the presence of a delayed and slow off-potential, having… Expand
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