Text reviews the understanding of the role of calcium in phototransduction, dark-and light-adaptation, recovery from bleaching and return from the dark state, and synaptic signaling of photoreceptors and their second-order neurons. Includes color plates.

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Vertebrate PhotoreceptorsCalcium channelsEyeCalcium-binding proteinsCalciumMolecular aspectsRetinaPhysiological effectPhototransductionMetabolism

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