S-cone signals to temporal OFF-channels: Asymmetrical connections to postreceptoral chromatic mechanisms

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-49

  Shinomori, Keizo ^a,b   Spillmann, Lothar ^a   S Werner, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Color mechanisms; OFF channels; Photoreceptors; S cones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DARK ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0032890305     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00460-4     Document Type: Article

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