Recovery phase of the murine rod photoresponse reconstructed from electroretinographic recordings

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 563-571

  Lyubarsky, Arkady L ^a   Pugh Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electroretinogram; inactivation; murine rod responses; photoresponse recovery; phototransduction; rod photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD;

EID: 0030050756     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-02-00563.1996     Document Type: Article

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