ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FLY RETINA .1. COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF R1-6 AND R7 AND 8
ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FLY RETINA .1. COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES OF R1-6 AND R7 AND 8
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10.1007/bf00679908
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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HARDIE, RC
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HARDIE, RC
Intracellular recordings were made from the photoreceptor classes R 1-6, R7 and R8 in the flies, Calliphora (wild) and Musca (white). The half width of the angular sensitivity function (.DELTA. .rho.) in Calliphora R 1-6 varies between 1.5.degree. in the fovea and 3.degree. in the lateral eye regions. Light adaptation narrows these values by 20%. The presence of an adapting light of sufficient intensity to activate the pupil mechanism shifts the 490 nm peak of spectral sensitivity in R 1-6 towards shorter wavelenghts by 40-50 nm in Calliphora but not in the pupilless mutant, white, of Musca. There are 2 spectral classes of R7. Both have a single peak of sensitivity in the range 340-360 nm, but 1 is purely ultra-violet (UV) sensitive, having < 10% sensitivity beyond 400 nm, whilst the other has a long tail of sensitivity extending to 500 nm. The majority of R8 cells have a major peak of sensitivity at around 540 nm. Polarization sensitivity (PS) in Calliphora R 1-6 averages 2.0 when measured in the green, and is not significantly affected by light-adaptation. In Musca R 1-6, PS averages 1.9. In R7, PS is similar in Calliphora (average 2.2), but reaches values of up to 6 in Musca. Absolute sensitivities measured from the quantal flux required to generate a 50% maximum response using axial light of peak wavelength (APS50) are higher in R7 and R8 due to the higher voltage gain per quantum. All receptor classes light adapt in a similar manner and continue responding to increments of intensity under the brightest adapting regimes used. These new results from identified receptors lead to a reappraisal of the possible roles of R 1-6 and R7 and 8 in optomotor responses elicited under different regimes of test pattern wavelength and intensity.