Distribution of photon absorption rates across the rat retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 515-522

  Williams, T P ^a   Webbers, J P P ^a   Giordano, L ^a   Henderson, R P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELIUM NEON LASER; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA ROD; SCLERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIGHT INTENSITY; OCULAR TRANSMISSION PHOTOMETER; RETINA PHOTOSTASIS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 0032522389     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.515bq.x     Document Type: Article

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