Spectral and polarization sensitivity of photocurrents of amphibian rods in the visible and ultraviolet

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-331

  Palacios, Adrian G ^a   Srivastava, Ranjana ^a   Goldsmith, Timothy H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Polarization sensitivity of rods; Porphyropsin; Rhodopsin band; Rod spectral sensitivity; Visual pigment templates

Indexed keywords

PORPHYROPSIN; RETINAL; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; COLOR; FROG; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA ROD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; COLOR; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANA PIPIENS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINALDEHYDE; RHODOPSIN; RODS (RETINA); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032031426     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898152136     Document Type: Article

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