Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Mathematics
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
2008
Abstract/Description
Phototransduction is the process by which photons of light generate an electrical response in retinal rod and cone photoreceptors, thereby initiating vision. We compare the electrical response in salamander rods from increasingly more (spacialy) detailed models of phototransduction: 0-dimensional (bulk), 1-dimensional (longitudinal), 2-dimensional (axisymmetric), and 3-dimensional (with incisures). We discuss issues of finding physical parameters for simulation and validation of models, and also present some computational experiments for rods with geometry of mouse and human photoreceptors.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Proceedings of Dynamic Systems and Applications 5
Paper Number
240
Number of Pages
246
Scholarly Commons Citation
Khanal, H., & Alexiades, V. (2008). Models of Phototransduction in Rod Photoreceptors. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/815
Included in
Medical Biochemistry Commons, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics Commons, Partial Differential Equations Commons
