Detyrosylated microtubules are more stable, because they are more resistant to depolymerization by kinesin-13 and related proteins.

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Retinal is parallel to the surface of the membrane and is attached to a lysine residue at position 296 in the seventh transmembrane domain.

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Neurotransmitter release from the rods of retina- Glutamate

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When light strikes the outer segment of Rod cells: 

Na + channels closed 

Hyperpolarizing receptor potential

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The hyperpolarization of rod cells:

  Reduces the release of glutamate

  Generates a signal in the bipolar cells

  Leads to AP in ganglion cells 

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Retinal ganglion cells contain melanopsin.

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Types of retinal ganglion cells:

  large ganglion cells (magno, or M cells)

  small ganglion cells (parvo, or P cells)