Horizontal cells of the primate retina: Cone specificity without spectral opponency

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5249, 1996, Pages 656-659

  Dacey, Dennis M ^a   Lee, Barry B ^b   Stafford, Donna K ^a   Pokomy, Joel ^c   Smith, Vivianne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COLOR VISION; INTERNEURON; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030065715     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5249.656     Document Type: Article

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