Extreme responsiveness of the pupil of the dark-adapted mouse to steady retinal illumination

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2148-2156

  Pennesi, Mark E ^a   Lyubarsky, Arkady L ^a   Pugh Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOMERISM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPIL REFLEX; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PUPIL; RETINA;

EID: 0031666778     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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