Table 1.

Model parameters that were varied to simulate the effects of forskolin on flash response (Fig. 8)

Parameter Cell 1 Cell 2 
 NR forsk NR forsk 
IcGdark (pA) 17.8 19 18 18 
fCa 0.15 0.211 0.15 0.19 
Cad (M) 5 × 10−7 7 × 10−7 5 × 10−7 6.62 × 10−7 
αmax (M · s−15.87 × 10−6 4.66 × 10−6 5.66 × 10−6 4.91 × 10−6 
βdark (M · s−11.659 × 10−6 0.826 × 10−6 1.6 × 10−6 0.833 × 10−6 
kE (s−13.6 2.6 1.81 1.45 
τA (s) 2.6 2.5 2.7 
Parameter Cell 1 Cell 2 
 NR forsk NR forsk 
IcGdark (pA) 17.8 19 18 18 
fCa 0.15 0.211 0.15 0.19 
Cad (M) 5 × 10−7 7 × 10−7 5 × 10−7 6.62 × 10−7 
αmax (M · s−15.87 × 10−6 4.66 × 10−6 5.66 × 10−6 4.91 × 10−6 
βdark (M · s−11.659 × 10−6 0.826 × 10−6 1.6 × 10−6 0.833 × 10−6 
kE (s−13.6 2.6 1.81 1.45 
τA (s) 2.6 2.5 2.7 

IcGdark, dark current; fCa, fraction of ROS current carried by Ca2+; Cad, dark concentration of free Ca2+; αmax, maximum rate of cGMP synthesis achieved at zero Ca2+; βdark, rate of dark cGMP hydrolysis; kE, rate constant of PDE* turnoff; τA, time constant of arrestin binding to phosphorylated rhodopsin.

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