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LAB-Crayfish Caudal photo receptor experiments

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Lab protocol : MS WORD file ...or ... PDF file   ..... RTF file no figures

 

References

1. Herman, H. and Stark, L. (1963) Prerequisites for a photoreceptor structure in the crayfish tail ganglion. Anat. Rec. 147: 209-217

2. Kruszewska, B. and Larimer, J.L. (1993) Specific second messengers activate the caudal photoreceptor of crayfish. Brain Res. 618: 32-40.

3. Larimer, J.L., Trevino, D.L. and Ashby, E.A. (1966) A comparison of spectral sensitivities of CPR's of epigeal and cavernicolous crayfish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 19: 409-415

4. Welsh, J.H. (1934) The caudal photoreceptor and responses of crayfish to light. J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 4: 379-388.

5. Wilkens, L.A. and Larimer, J.L. (1972) The CNS photoreceptors of crayfish: morphology and synaptic activity. J. Comp. Physiol. 80: 389-407.

6. Wilkens, L.A. (1988) The crayfish caudal photoreceptor: advances and questions after the first half century. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 91C: 61-68.