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MeSH Heading: Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
Tree Number(s): A08.675.650.850.625.660; A08.675.650.915.937.650; A08.800.950.937.650; A09.371.729.831.625.660; A11.671.650.850.625.660; A11.671.650.915.937.650; A13.750
Unique ID: D017956
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017956
Scope Note: Specialized cells in the invertebrates that detect and transduce light. They are predominantly rhabdomeric with an array of photosensitive microvilli. Illumination depolarizes invertebrate photoreceptors by stimulating Na+ influx across the plasma membrane.
Entry Term(s): Invertebrate Photoreceptor Cells; Invertebrate Photoreceptors; Photoreceptors, Invertebrate
Previous Indexing: Photoreceptors (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 2009; see PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE 1994-2008
History Note: 2009 (1994)
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/18
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0027121
Scope Note: Specialized cells in the invertebrates that detect and transduce light. They are predominantly rhabdomeric with an array of photosensitive microvilli. Illumination depolarizes invertebrate photoreceptors by stimulating Na+ influx across the plasma membrane.
Terms: Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate Preferred Term
Term UI T710178
Date11/28/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Invertebrate Photoreceptor Cells
Term UI T710179
Date11/28/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Invertebrate Photoreceptors
Term UI T053663
Date11/24/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Photoreceptors, Invertebrate
Term UI T053664
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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