Horizontal cells of the rabbit retina are non-selectively connected to the cones

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2261-2274

  Hack, I ^a   Peichl, L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Cone photoreceptors; Mammalian retina; Retinal circuitry

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; LUCIFER YELLOW; OPSIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE;

EID: 0033041688     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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