Activity of long-wavelength cones under scotopic conditions in the cyprinid fish Danio aequipinnatus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-500

  Van Roessel, P ^a,b   Palacios, A G ^a,c   Goldsmith, T H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cyprinid fish; Danio aequipinnatus; Rod cone interaction; Scotopic spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINIFORMES; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GOLDFISH; IN VITRO STUDY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); CYPRINIDAE; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GOLDFISH; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031282630     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050133     Document Type: Article

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