UV- and midwave-sensitive cone-driven retinal responses of the mouse: A possible phenotype for coexpression of cone photopigments

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 442-455

  Lyubarsky, A L ^a   Falsini, B ^b   Pennesi, M E ^a   Valentini, P ^b   Pugh Jr , E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cone photoreceptors; Cone pigments; Cones; Electroretinogram; Gene coexpression; Murine retina; Retinal circuitry; Retinal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032938357     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00442.1999     Document Type: Article

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