Noun
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phototransduction (uncountable)
(biology) The process whereby the various bodies in the retina convert light into electrical signals
The combination of this process and the chemical resetting Visual phototransduction of retinal after the phototransduction cascade may be the real reason that the vertebrate retina requires the "vast quantities of metabolic energy" referred to above. Source: Internet
There are channels that are classified by the duration of the response to stimuli: * Transient receptor potential channels : This group of channels, normally referred to simply as TRP channels, is named after their role in Drosophila phototransduction. Source: Internet