To find the new mutation, the scientists looked at five key genes that play a role
in phototransduction, or the process by which light signals are transmitted through the eye to the brain.
Not exact matches
Dr. Zuker is known for his work
in sensory neuroscience, including mechanisms of
phototransduction, mechanotransduction, and more recently taste.
Light perception takes place
in the cone and rod photoreceptor cells of the retina, a structure at the back of the eye, through a set of proteins denominated
phototransduction cascade proteins.