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Science 28 November 1980:
Vol. 210. no. 4473, pp. 1037 - 1039
DOI: 10.1126/science.7434015
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Science, Vol 210, Issue 4473, 1037-1039
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Limulus brain modulates the structure and function of the lateral eyes
RB Barlow Jr,
SC Chamberlain,
and
JZ Levinson
At night efferent optic nerve activity generated by a circadian clock in the Limulus brain changes the structure of the photoreceptor and surrounding pigment cells in the animal's lateral eyes. The structural changes allow each ommatidium to gather light from a wider area at night than during the day. Visual sensitivity is thereby increased, but spatial resolution is diminished. At daybreak efferent activity from the clock stops, the structural changes reverse, and the field of view of each ommatidium decreases. The cyclic changes are endogenous and continue in the dark. Thus, under the control of a circadian clock, the Limulus eye exchanges its daytime acuity for greater sensitivity at night.
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