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Circadian change in function of Limulus ventral photoreceptors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Leonard Kass  and
George H. Renninger
Leonard Kass
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Maine, Orono
George H. Renninger
Affiliation:
Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph
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Abstract

Efferent fibers from a central circadian clock innervate photoreceptors along the ventral nerve of Limulus and release octopamine when active. We have recorded ERG-like responses from the ventral eye in vivo over several day periods. We have also used intracellular microelectrodes to study changes in ventral photoreceptor function during exogenous applications of octopamine (the putative efferent neurotransmitter), IBMX (a phosphodiesterase inhibitor), and forskolin (an adenylate cyclase activator): (1) Responses to light measured at night from ventral photoreceptors in vivo are greater in amplitude than those recorded during the day; (2) Octopamine and agents that increase intracellular levels of cAMP in ventral photoreceptors decrease the rate of spontaneous (dark) bumps, increase photoreceptor response to light without changing threshold, and often increase the bump duration; and (3) These changes in function of ventral photoreceptors are similar to those that have been observed in the photoreceptor of the lateral eye during circadian clock activity at night, and in vitro in the presence of those same pharmacological agents.

Keywords

Limulus polyphemusVentral photoreceptorCircadian rhythmsOctopamineCAMPPhototransduction

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 3 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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