What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Gordon L. Fain mainly focuses on Biophysics, Cell biology, Retina, Darkness and Rod.
Gordon L. Fain is studying Membrane potential, which is a component of Biophysics.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Transduction, Vertebrate, Retinitis pigmentosa, Adaptation and Visual phototransduction.
His research integrates issues of Opsin, Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells and Transducin in his study of Visual phototransduction.
The Retina study which covers Toad that intersects with Receptor coupling, Amplitude and Sensitivity.
Gordon L. Fain has researched Darkness in several fields, including Mutation, Gene, Transgene and Calcium.
His most cited work include:
- Adaptation in Vertebrate Photoreceptors (450 citations)
- Photoreceptor light adaptation is mediated by cytoplasmic calcium concentration. (292 citations)
- ATP Consumption by Mammalian Rod Photoreceptors in Darkness and in Light (214 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Biophysics, Cell biology, Anatomy, Rhodopsin and Retina are his primary areas of study.
His Biophysics study combines topics in areas such as Darkness, Calcium, Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells and Transducin.
Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to Adaptation under Darkness, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Photopigment and Rod Photoreceptors.
He has included themes like Retinal degeneration, Retinitis pigmentosa, Adaptation, Opsin and Ciliary body in his Cell biology study.
His studies examine the connections between Anatomy and genetics, as well as such issues in Transduction, with regards to Duplex retina, Lamprey and Vertebrate.
Gordon L. Fain combines subjects such as Phosphodiesterase and Visual phototransduction with his study of Rhodopsin.
He most often published in these fields:
- Biophysics (56.45%)
- Cell biology (26.34%)
- Anatomy (22.04%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Biophysics (56.45%)
- Retina (19.89%)
- Vertebrate (7.53%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Biophysics, Retina, Vertebrate, Lamprey and Rhodopsin.
In Biophysics, Gordon L. Fain works on issues like Transducin, which are connected to Patch clamp.
His Retina research includes elements of Human physiology, Transduction, Retinal and Phosphodiesterase.
His Vertebrate study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Evolutionary biology and Anatomy.
His studies deal with areas such as Retinal pigment epithelium and Visual phototransduction as well as Rhodopsin.
His Visual phototransduction research incorporates elements of Mutant, Programmed cell death and Cell biology.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Why are rods more sensitive than cones (42 citations)
- Light-Driven Regeneration of Cone Visual Pigments through a Mechanism Involving RGR Opsin in Müller Glial Cells. (33 citations)
- Blue light regenerates functional visual pigments in mammals through a retinyl-phospholipid intermediate (30 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Gordon L. Fain mostly deals with Opsin, Rhodopsin, Retinal, Lamprey and Vertebrate.
His Rhodopsin research incorporates themes from Retinal pigment epithelium, Biophysics, Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells and Anatomy.
His Retinal research integrates issues from Retina and Cell biology.
The Retina study combines topics in areas such as Color vision, Cell specific and Rna expression.
His work in Lamprey addresses issues such as Darkness, which are connected to fields such as Adaptation.
His Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Photosensitivity and Transducin.
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