Photoreceptor coupling in retina of the toad, Bufo marinus. I. Anatomy.

Abstract:

:1. Red rod photoreceptors in the toad retina, which are known to be physiologically coupled, were examined for interreceptor contacts. 2. A dense network of large gap junctions was found between the inner segments of red rods, this being the only specialized site of contact that was observed between rods. Each red rod contacts an average of about four neighboring red rods with a junctional area of approximately 0.75 micrometer2. From freeze-fracture micrographs, the density of junctional particles was found to be 5 X 10(3)/micrometer2. 3. The large gap junctions were found only to connect red rods to each other in agreement with physiological data. Only small focal gap junctions were seen between red rods and cones and no junctions were observed between red and green rods. 4. It is concluded that these gap junctions are the site of coupling between the red rods and that the coupling is electrical.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

authors

Gold GH,Dowling JE

doi

10.1152/jn.1979.42.1.292

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1979-01-01 00:00:00

pages

292-310

issue

1 Pt 1

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

journal_volume

42

pub_type

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