Comparable effects of flickering and steady patterns of light adaptation on photomechanical responses of cones in amphibian (Xenopus laevis) retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Angotzi, A R ^a,b   Hirano, J ^b,c   Haamedi, S ^a   Murgia, R ^b   Vallerga, S ^b,c   Djamgoz, M B A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cone photomechanical movements; Dopamine; Flicker; Light adaptation; Nitric oxide; Retina; Steady; Teleost; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID MOVEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; STROBOSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; DOPAMINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032830037     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00606-0     Document Type: Article

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