Horizontal cell sensitivity in the cat retina during prolonged dark adaptation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 885-896

  Lankheet, M J M ^a   Rowe, M H ^a   Van Wezel, R J A ^a   Van De Grind, W A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat retina; Dark adaptation; Horizontal cell; Rod and cone input

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CATS; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; MALE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030225630     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800009135     Document Type: Article

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