Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Mathematics
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
2004
Abstract/Description
The process of phototransduction, whereby light is converted into an electrical response, in rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina, involves as a key setp, the diffusion of the cytoplasmic, signaling molecules cGMP (cyclic guanosime monophosphate) and Ca2+ diffuse in the cytoplasm (the fluid surrounding the discs). the complex geometry of the rod creates computational difficulties. We present spatio-temporal compuational models for interacctions and diffusion of cGMP and Ca2+ in the cytoplasm of vertebrate rod photoreceptors, as well as numerical simulations fo the response to light of dark-adapted Salamander rods.
Sponsorship/Conference/Institution
Proceedings of Dynamic Systems and Applications 4
Scholarly Commons Citation
Khanal, H., Alexiades, V., & Dibenedetto, E. (2004). Response of Dark-Adapted Retinal Rod Photoreceptors. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/816
Included in
Medical Biochemistry Commons, Numerical Analysis and Computation Commons, Partial Differential Equations Commons
