Linear transduction of natural stimuli by dark-adapted and light-adapted rods of the salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-204

  Vu, Tania Q ^a   McCarthy, Sean T ^a   Owen, W Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; FIRING RATE; ION CURRENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

RHODOPSIN;

EID: 0030734152     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.193bc.x     Document Type: Article

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