Filtering effect of cone oil droplets detected in the P-III response spectra of Japanese quail

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2829-2834

  Kawamuro, Kenji ^a   Irie, Tetuji ^a   Nakamura, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird retina; Cone pigment; Oil droplet; Spectral response

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CORNEA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FILTER; ISOLATED RETINA; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); COTURNIX; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; OILS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0030819921     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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