Light intensity-dependent arrestin switching for inactivation of a light-sensitive GPCR, bistable opsin by Baoguo Shen, Seiji Wada, Tomohiro Sugihara, Takashi Nagata, Haruka Nishioka, Emi Kawano-Yamashita, Takeaki Ozawa, Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Akihisa Terakita

“…Summary: Inactivation of most light-sensitive G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) opsins involves arrestin binding to terminate cell responses. …”
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The chromosome-level genome provides insights into the adaptive evolution of the visual system in Oratosquilla oratoria by Daizhen Zhang, Xiaoli Sun, Lianfu Chen, Lianyu Lin, Chijie Yin, Wenqi Yang, Jun Liu, Qiuning Liu, Huabin Zhang, Senhao Jiang, Yongxin Li, Boping Tang, Gang Wang

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Transfer of optogenetic vectors into the brain of neonatal animals to study neuron functions during subsequent periods of development by D. A. Lanshakov, U. S. Drozd, T. A. Zapara, N. N. Dygalo

“…Optogenetics, that is, the control of cell activity using light-sensitive ion channels opsins with light of a specific wavelength, is increasingly being used to study activities and functions of neurons. …”
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Inferring causal connectivity from pairwise recordings and optogenetics. by Mikkel Elle Lepperød, Tristan Stöber, Torkel Hafting, Marianne Fyhn, Konrad Paul Kording

“…Recently, manipulating neuron activity using light-sensitive opsins, optogenetics, has increased the specificity of neural perturbation. …”
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CryoEM structure and small-angle X-ray scattering analyses of porcine retinol-binding protein 3 by Vineeta Kaushik, Luca Gessa, Nelam Kumar, Matyáš Pinkas, Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura, Krzysztof Palczewski, Jiří Nováček, Humberto Fernandes

“…The vertebrate visual cycle hinges on enzymatically converting all-trans-retinol (at-ROL) into 11-cis-retinal (11c-RAL), the chromophore that binds to opsins in photoreceptors, forming light-responsive pigments. …”
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The Degeneration and Apoptosis Patterns of Cone Photoreceptors in rd11 Mice by Hua Zhang, Xia Li, Xufeng Dai, Juanjuan Han, Yangyang Zhang, Yan Qi, Ying He, Yan Liu, Bo Chang, Ji-jing Pang

“…With increasing age, the expression of L-opsin and S-opsin, especially S-opsin, decreased significantly in rd11 mice. …”
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The negative off-response driven by M-cone and depolarizing bipolar cell in the rat electroretinogram by Tao Chen, Yuting Su, Weiming Yan, Junhui Xue, Zuoming Zhang

“…Furthermore, the ON/OFF responses of other two types of mutation rats, the middle-wavelength opsin cone dysfunction (MCD) rats and congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) rats, were recorded. …”
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