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Scanning electron microscopy of photoreceptor cells in the light- and dark-adapted retina of Haplochromis burtoni (Cichlidae, Teleostei) by Ilsabe Pietzsch-Rohrschneider is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

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The photoreceptor layer in the retina of Haplochromis burtoni (Cichlidae, Teleostei) was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Three types of receptors were identified: rods, single-cones and double-cones. The three-dimensional arrangement of these photoreceptors is described in the light- and dark-adapted retina. The surface of the inner segment of the photo-receptor cells displays fine vertical fissures which give rise to slender processes. These so called calycal processes which are of different lengths in rods and cones, surround the beginning of the smooth-surfaced outer segment. The myoid, the contractile part of the receptor, which is located beneath the ellipsoid, was examined in the single-cones of the dark-adapted retina. It is a slender structure with surface infoldings. The myoid, studied by transmission electron microscopy, contains bundles of parallel myofilaments, which are thought to be contractile.

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Author
Ilsabe Pietzsch-Rohrschneider
Publisher
Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Springer Nature (ISSN 0302-766X)
Published
1976
Language
EN
Field
Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

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