Cone receptor variations and their functional consequences in two species of hamster

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Calderone, Jack B ^a   Jacobs, Gerald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone pigments; Electroretinogram; Hamsters; Ultraviolet sensitivity

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHODOPUS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONES (RETINA); CRICETINAE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MESOCRICETUS; OPSIN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033064473     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899161029     Document Type: Article

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