How photons start vision.

ENERGY, QUANTA, AND VISION

1942 • 1,101 citations

Responses of retinal rods to single photons.

1979 • 971 citations

The photocurrent, noise and spectral sensitivity of rods of the monkey Macaca fascicularis.

1984 • 689 citations

Amplification and kinetics of the activation steps in phototransduction

1993 • 645 citations

Visual transduction in cones of the monkey Macaca fascicularis.

1990 • 486 citations

Suppression by glutamate of cGMP-activated conductance in retinal bipolar cells

1990 • 465 citations

Two components of electrical dark noise in toad retinal rod outer segments.

1980 • 462 citations

Retinal Noise and Absolute Threshold

1956 • 435 citations

Increment thresholds at low intensities considered as signal/noise discriminations

1957 • 417 citations

Rhodopsin phosphorylation as a mechanism of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase regulation by S-modulin

1993 • 401 citations

Modulation of the cGMP-gated channel of rod photoreceptor cells by calmodulin

1993 • 401 citations

Calcium and light adaptation in retinal rods and cones

1988 • 387 citations

Extrusion of calcium from rod outer segments is driven by both sodium and potassium gradients

1989 • 374 citations

Molecular cloning and characterization of retinal photoreceptor guanylyl cyclase-activating protein

1994 • 364 citations

THE RENEWAL OF ROD AND CONE OUTER SEGMENTS IN THE RHESUS MONKEY

1971 • 351 citations

Photoreceptor light adaptation is mediated by cytoplasmic calcium concentration

1988 • 349 citations

The human photoreceptor membrane guanylyl cyclase, RetGC, is present in outer segments and is regulated by calcium and a soluble activator

1994 • 338 citations

Phototransduction mechanism in retinal rods and cones. The Friedenwald Lecture.

1994 • 335 citations

Regulation of deactivation of photoreceptor G protein by its target enzyme and cGMP

1992 • 324 citations

Mechanisms of Rhodopsin Inactivation in Vivo as Revealed by a COOH-Terminal Truncation Mutant

1995 • 299 citations

The calcium feedback signal in the phototransduction cascade of vertebrate rods

1994 • 290 citations

Glutamate receptors of rod bipolar cells are linked to a cyclic GMP cascade via a G-protein

1990 • 249 citations

Purification and physiological evaluation of a guanylate cyclase activating protein from retinal rods.

1994 • 247 citations

Light-dependent delay in the falling phase of the retinal rod photoresponse

1992 • 232 citations

Low retinal noise in animals with low body temperature allows high visual sensitivity

1988 • 217 citations

Vertebrate Photoreception

1979 • 213 citations

The effect of recoverin-like calcium-Binding proteins on the photoresponse of retinal rods

1993 • 194 citations

Calcium homeostasis in the outer segments of retinal rods from the tiger salamander.

1992 • 186 citations

On understanding the organisation of the retinal receptor synapses

1971 • 169 citations

Calcium controls light-triggered formation of catalytically active rhodopsin

1994 • 153 citations

The involvement of rod photoreceptors in dark adaptation

1981 • 141 citations

Purkinje Shift and Retinal Noise

1957 • 118 citations

Enhancement of rod outer segment GTPase accelerating protein activity by the inhibitory subunit of cGMP phosphodiesterase.

1994 • 115 citations

The cGMP-phosphodiesterase and its contribution to sensitivity regulation in retinal rods

1995 • 110 citations

Free calcium concentrations in bullfrog rods determined in the presence of multiple forms of Fura-2

1994 • 106 citations

Rushton's paradox: rod dark adaptation after flash photolysis.

1975 • 102 citations

Deactivation kinetics of the transduction cascade of vision.

1991 • 101 citations

Dark adaptation of toad rod photoreceptors following small bleaches

1994 • 91 citations

The Stereoisomerization of 11-cis-Retinal

1966 • 83 citations

Evidence for the prolonged photoactivated lifetime of an analogue visual pigment containing 11-cis9-desmethylretinal

1994 • 64 citations