Sensitivity of cones from a cyprinid fish (Danio aequipinnatus) to ultraviolet and visible light

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-421

  Palacios, Adrian G ^a   Goldsmith, Timothy H ^a   Bernard, Gary D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone spectral sensitivity; Intramolecular energy transfer in visual pigments; UV cones; Visual pigment templates

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA CONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); CYPRINIDAE; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030137664     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008099     Document Type: Article

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