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Spontaneous Regeneration of Rhodopsin in the Isolated Rat Retina

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Regeneration of rhodopsin, which completes the rhodopsin cycle described in the following article, occurs spontaneously if the retina of the rat is isolated and sealed in a small chamber.

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CONE, R., BROWN, P. Spontaneous Regeneration of Rhodopsin in the Isolated Rat Retina. Nature 221, 818–820 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221818a0

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