Foveal cone mosaic and visual pigment density in dichromats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 307-314

  Berendschot, Tos T J M ^a   Van De Kraats, Jan ^a   Van Norren, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY NLR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA;

EID: 0029958764     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021310     Document Type: Article

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