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Rod Photoreceptors

Known as: Cell, Retinal Rod, Rod Cell, Retinal, Photoreceptor, Rod 
Photosensitive afferent neurons located in the peripheral retina, with their density increases radially away from the FOVEA CENTRALIS. Being much… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adaptation, OcularDark AdaptationMicrobiologicalNerve Tissue

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Eye - Retina (MMHCC)NeuronsPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebratePhotoreceptors

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Template-Based Growth of Various Oxide Nanorods by Sol–Gel Electrophoresis
The ability to form oxide nanorods is of great interest in a number of areas. In this paper, we report the template-based growth… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The "wired" laccase cathode: high current density electroreduction of O(2) to water at +0.7 V (NHE) at pH 5.
We report on the four-electron electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen to water at a current density of 5 mA cm and at +0.7 V (NHE… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The influence of a hydroxyapatite and tricalcium-phosphate coating on bone growth into titanium fiber-metal implants.
A study was done in rabbits to determine the effect of a hydroxyapatite and tricalcium-phosphate coating on bone growth into… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cellular interactions implicated in the mechanism of photoreceptor degeneration in transgenic mice expressing a mutant rhodopsin gene.
Photoreceptors of transgenic mice expressing a mutant rhodopsin gene (Pro347-->Ser) slowly degenerate. The mechanism of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Purified prion proteins and scrapie infectivity copartition into liposomes.
Considerable evidence indicates that the scrapie prion protein (PrP 27-30) is required for infectivity. Aggregates of PrP 27-30… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
An F-actin- and calmodulin-binding protein from isolated intestinal brush borders has a morphology related to spectrin
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The Trinodular Structure of Fibrinogen: Confirmation by both Shadowing and Negative Stain Electron Microscopy
Fibrinogen molecules sprayed on mica, dried in vacuo and shadowed with platinum appear as trinodular rods. We describe here the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The control of phosphodiesterase in rod disk membranes: Kinetics, possible mechanisms and significance for vision
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The problem of visual excitation.
This paper attempts to come to grips with the problem, how the action of light on a visual pigment results in a nervous… 
Highly Cited
1937
Highly Cited
1937
RODS, CONES, AND THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF VISION
I. In the last few years there has accumulated a considerable amount of new and highly precise data describing various visual… 
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