Abstract
1. 1. The rod photocurrent was studied by recording the transretinal voltage from the aspartatetreated isolated frog retina before and after perfusion with 2 mM adenosine, which inhibited 60–80% of the light-induced rhodopsin phosphorylation. 2. 2. Adenosine did not afifect the time courses of the flash photoresponses or the OFF responses after a steady light. 3. 3. The introduction of adenosine while the retina was illuminated by a steady background did not enhance the effect of light. Instead, the opposite change, due to PDE inhibition, was observed. 4. 4. The results indicate that rhodopsin phosphorylation does not determine the time course of the decay of excitation.
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