The topography of rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina of the ground squirrel

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 685-691

  Kryger, Z ^a   Galli Resta, L ^b   Jacobs, G H ^a   Reese, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color vision; Dichromat; Opsin; Visual streak

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032127656     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898154081     Document Type: Article

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