Phototransduction

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Sensory Physiology subtree

Vertebrate rod/cone signalling: photon → 11-cis-retinal → all-trans-retinal → opsin activates transducin → PDE hydrolyses cGMP → CNG channel closes → hyperpolarisation → reduced glutamate release.

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