Biochemistry And Physiology Of Visual Pigments

Author : Helmut Langer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642857698
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments written by Helmut Langer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a report of a four-day Symposium on the Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments, which took place immediately after the VIth International Congress on Photobiology, held in Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1972. This meeting, which brought together about 50 investigators of various aspects of the visual process, was devoted to the visual cells of both vertebrates and invertebrates. Whereas the International Symposium on the Biochemistry of the Retina, held at Nij megen, The Netherlands, in 1968, had concentrated on vertebrate photoreceptors, this Symposium dealt with invertebrate photoreceptors as well, so that workers in each field could become acquainted with recent progress in the other area. The papers presented at the Symposium were divided into six main topics, to each of which a half-day session was devoted. The six parts of this book, following the intro ductory lecture, essentially correspond to these sessions. In addition to the invited con tributions, the volume contains a number of short communications by other partici pants and two contributions by invited participants, who were unable to attend. The volume closes, as did the Symposium, with a General Discussion, prepared and moderated by S. L. BONTING, in which an attempt was made to integrate various new findings, and to reconcile certain points of disagreement.

Author : Hitoshi Shichi
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323157416
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biochemistry of Vision written by Hitoshi Shichi and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biochemistry of Vision provides information pertinent to vision biochemistry. This book discusses the biochemical information derived primarily from studies on nonocular tissues and describes the biochemical reactions related to the function of the retina and pigmented epithelium. Organized into 16 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the visual system and the structure of the vertebrate eye. The text then proceeds with a discussion of photoreceptor, which has a highly membranous structure. Other chapters cover a brief discussion of several topics, including biomembranes, photochemistry, spectral properties of retinal isomers, and the photochemical properties of the chromophore of rhodopsin. This book discusses as well the properties and intramembrane disposition of rhodopsin. The final chapter deals with the biochemistry of photoreceptor disorders and summarizes the basic knowledge on neurotransmitters and electrophysiology in the retina. This book is intended for ophthalmologists and medical students who are interested in the molecular aspects of photoreceptor diseases.

Author : Helmut Langer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
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Download or read book Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments; Proceedings written by Helmut Langer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Helmut Langer (ed)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
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Download or read book Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments written by Helmut Langer (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Symposium on the Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments, Bochum, 1972
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Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments: Symposium Held At Institut Fuer, Tierphysiologie Ruhr-Universitaet. Bochum, W. Germany, Aug. 27-30, 1972; for the Organizing Committee Edited by Helmut Langer written by Symposium on the Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments, Bochum, 1972 and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David M. Hunt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1461443555
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments written by David M. Hunt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photopigments are molecules that react to light and mediate a number of processes and behaviours in animals. Visual pigments housed within the photoreceptors of the eye, such as the rods and cones in vertebrates are the best known, however, visual pigments are increasingly being found in other tissues, including other retinal cells, the skin and the brain. Other closely related molecules from the G protein family, such as melanopsin mediate light driven processes including circadian rhythmicity and pupil constriction. This Volume examines the enormous diversity of visual pigments and traces the evolution of these G protein coupled receptors in both invertebrates and vertebrates in the context of the visual and non-visual demands dictated by a species’ ecological niche.

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Download or read book Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F. Crescitelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642664687
Total Pages : 816 pages
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Download or read book The Visual System in Vertebrates written by F. Crescitelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vertebrate eye has been, and continues to be, an object of interest and of inquiry for biologists, physicists, chemists, psychologists, and others. Quite apart from its important role in the development of ophthalmology and related medical disciplines, the vertebrate eye is an exemplar of the ingenuity of living systems in adapting to the diverse and changing environments in which vertebrates have evolved. The wonder is not so much that the visual system, like other body systems, has been able to adapt in this way, but rather that these adaptations have taken such a variety of forms. In a previous volume in this series (VII/I) Eakin expressed admiration for the diversity of invertebrate photoreceptors. A comparable situation exists for the vertebrate eye as a whole and one object of this volume is to present to the reader the nature of this diversity. One result of this diversification of ocular structures and properties is that the experimental biologist has available a number of systems for study that are unique or especially favorable for the investigation of particular questions in visual science or neurobiology. This volume includes some examples of progress made by the use of such specially selected vertebrate systems. It is our hope that this comparative approach will continue to reveal new and useful preparations for the examination of important questions.

Author : Jean-Louis Rigaud
Publisher : John Libbey Eurotext
ISBN 13 : 9780861963553
Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book Structures and Functions of Retinal Proteins written by Jean-Louis Rigaud and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 1992 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the 5th International Conference on Retinal Proteins was to present the findings of the interdisciplinary fields where photochemical, biophysical, molecular biology and physiological aspects are intimately linked. This title covers nearly all the presentations given during this symposium.

Author : Ikuo Takeuchi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470515708
Total Pages : 319 pages
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Download or read book Rhodopsins and Phototransduction written by Ikuo Takeuchi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism of rhodopsins, the molecular mechanism of the visual transduction process, visual processes in the retina and other transduction processes in the retina and brain. The structures of the rhodopsin molecule are studied in the fields of protein chemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry and structural biology; the ultra fast reactions of the retinal protein are studied in physics, biophysics, physical chemistry, organic chemistry and photobiology; the phototransduction in retinal proteins and visual cells are studied in biophysics, biochemistry, biophysical chemistry and photobiology; and the localization in the tissues is studied in anatomy and histochemistry. The diversity of visual systems in various animals is studied in zoology and comparative biochemistry.