Nasi, E. and Gomez, M.:
Melanopsin-mediated light-sensing in amphioxus: a glimpse of the microvillar photoreceptor lineage within the deuterostomia. Communicative & Integrative Biology (2009). (CIB). 2:441-443.
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Microvillar and ciliary Photoreceptors in molluscan eyes. In: Encyclopedia of the Eye Vol. 3 (D.A. Dartt ed.), pp.21-29. Oxford: Academic Press. (2010).
Gomez, M., Espinosa, L., Ramirez, N., and Nasi, E.:
Arrestin in ciliary invertebrate photoreceptors: Molecular identification and functional analysis in vivo. Journal of Neuroscience. (2011) 31:1811–1819.
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Microvillar and ciliary photoreceptors In molluscan eyes. In: The Retina and its Disorders (J.C. Besharse and D. Bok eds.), pp.438-446. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (2011).
Pulido, C., Malagón, G., Ferrer, C., Chen, JK., Angueyra, JM., Nasi, E., and Gomez MP.:
The light-sensitive conductance of melanopsin-expressing Joseph and Hesse cells in amphioxus. Journal of General Physiology. (2012). 139:19-30.
Angueyra, JM., Pulido, C., Malagón, G., Nasi, E., and Gomez, MdP.:
Melanopsin-expressing amphioxus photoreceptors transduce light via a phospholipase C signaling cascade. PLoS ONE. (2012) 7(1): e29813.
Ferrer, C., Malagón, G., Gomez, M., and Nasi, E. :
Dissecting the determinants of light sensitivity in amphioxus microvillar photoreceptors: possible evolutionary implications for melanopsin signaling. Journal of Neuroscience. (2012) 32:17977–17987.
Gorman, A.L.F., Levy, S., Nasi, E. and Tillotson, D. :
Intracellular calcium measured with calcium-sensitive microelectrodes and Arsenazo III in voltage-clamped Aplysia neurones. Journal of Physiology. (1984). 353:127-142.
Nasi, E. and Tillotson, D. :
The rate of diffusion of Ca2+ and Ba2+ in a nerve cell body. Biophysical Journal. (1985). 47:735-738.
Khorana, H.G., Knox, B.E., Nasi, E. and Swanson, R. :
Expression of a bovine rhodopsin gene in Xenopus oocytes: demonstration of light-dependent ionic currents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA. (1988). 85: 7917-7921.
Tillotson, D. and Nasi, E.:
Ca2+ diffusion in the cytoplasm of Aplysia neurons: its relationship to local concentration changes. In A.D. Grinnell, D. Armstrong, and M.B. Jackson (Eds.) Calcium and ion channel modulation. New York: Plenum Press. (1988).
Nasi, E. :
Electrophysiological properties of isolated photoreceptors from the eye of Lima scabra. Journal of General Physiology. (1991). 97: 17-34.
Nasi, E. :
Whole-cell clamp of dissociated photoreceptors from the eye of Lima scabra Journal of General Physiology. (1991). 97: 35-54.
Nasi, E. :
Two light-dependent conductances in the membrane of Lima photoreceptor cells. Journal of General Physiology. (1991). 97: 55-72.
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Light-activated ion channels in solitary photoreceptors from the eye of the scallop Pecten irradians. Journal of General Physiology. (1992). 99: 747-769.
Nasi E. and Gomez, M.:
Electrophysiological recordings from solitary photoreceptors isolated from the retina of the squid Loligo pealei. Visual Neuroscience. (1992) 8: 349-358.
Knox, B.E., Khorana, G. and Nasi, E. :
Light-induced currents in Xenopus oocytes expressing bovine rhodopsin. Journal of Physiology. (1993). 466: 157-172.
Gomez, M., Waloga, G. and Nasi, E. :
Electrical properties of Y-79 cells, a multipotent line of human retinoblastoma. Journal of Neurophysiology. (1993). 70: 1476-1486.
Gomez, M., Waloga, G. and Nasi, E. :
Induction of voltage-dependent sodium channels by in vitro differentiation of human retinoblastoma cells. Journal of Neurophysiology. (1993). 70: 487-1496.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E.:
The light-sensitive conductance of hyperpolarizing invertebrate photoreceptors: a patch-clamp study. Journal of General Physiology. (1994). 103: 939-956.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Blockage of the light-sensitive conductance in hyperpolarizing photoreceptors of the scallop. Effects of tetraethylammonium and 4-aminopyridine. Journal of General Physiology. (1994). 104: 487-505.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Activation of light-dependent potassium channels in ciliary invertebrate photoreceptors involves cGMP but not the IP3/Ca cascade. Neuron. (1995). 15: 607-618.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Ion permeation through light-activated channels in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: role of divalent cations. Journal of General Physiology. (1996). 107: 715-730
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Antagonists of the cGMP-gated conductance of vertebrate rods block the photocurrent in scallop ciliary photoreceptors. Journal of Physiology. (1997). 500: 367-378.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Light adaptation in Pecten hyperpolarizing photoreceptors: insensitivity to Ca manipulations. Journal of General Physiology. (1997). 109: 371-384.
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Visual excitation mechanisms in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: multiple light-dependent channels, ion permeation and gating. In: C. Taddei-Ferretti and C. Musio (eds.): From Structure to Information in Sensory Systems, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong: World Scientific. pp. 314-326. (1998).
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Bridging the gap between vertebrate and invertebrate phototransduction: the light-activated conductance in molluscan hyperpolarizing photoreceptors. In C. Taddei-Ferretti and C. Musio (eds.): From Structure to Information in Sensory Systems, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong: World Scientific. pp. 327-340. (1998).
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Membrane current induced by protein kinase C activators in rhabdomeric photoreceptors: implications for visual excitation. Journal of Neuroscience. (1998). 18: 5253-5263
Nasi, E. and Gomez, M. :
Divalent cation interactions with light-dependent K channels: kinetics of voltage-dependent block and requirement for an open pore. Journal of General Physiology. (1999). 114: 653-671.
Nasi, E., Gomez, M. and Payne, R. :
Phototransduction mechanisms in microvillar and ciliary photoreceptors of invertebrates. In A.J. Hoff, D.G. Stavenga, W.J. de Grip and E.N. Pugh (eds.): Molecular Mechanisms in Visual Transduction - Handbook of Biological Physics, Volume 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. pp. 389-448. (2000).
Knox, B.E., Barlow, R.B., Thompson, D.A., Swanson, R. and Nasi, E. :
Expression of phototransduction proteins in Xenopus oocytes. Methods in Enzymology, (2000). 316: pp.40-51.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E.:
Light transduction in invertebrate hyperpolarizing photoreceptors: possible involvement of a Go-regulated guanylate cyclase. Journal of Neuroscience. (2000). 20: 5254-5263.
Piccoli, G., Gomez, M. and Nasi, E.:
Role of protein kinase C in light adaptation of microvillar photoreceptors. Journal of Physiology. (2002). 543: 481-494.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Calcium-independent, cGMP-mediated light adaptation in ciliary photoreceptors. Journal of Neuroscience. (2005). 25: 2042-2049.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E.:
A direct signalling role for PIP2 in the visual excitation process of microvillar receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. (2005). 280:16784-16789.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
On the gating mechanism of cGMP-activated channels of hyperpolarizing photoreceptors: does light remove inactivation in voltage-dependent k channels? Journal of General Physiology. (2005). 125: 455-464.
Gomez, M., Angueyra, J.M. and, Nasi, E. :
Light-transduction in melanopsin-expressing photoreceptors of Amphioxus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). (2009). 106: 9081–9086.
Gomez, M. and Nasi, E. :
Prolonged calcium influx after termination of light-induced Ca release in invertebrate photoreceptors. Journal of General Physiology. (2009). 134: 177-189.
