UV responses in the retina of the turtle

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-204

  Ventura, Dora Fix ^a   De Souza, J M ^a   Devoe, R D ^b   Zana, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular recording; Retinal electrophysiology; Spectral sensitivity; Turtle retina; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MICROELECTRODE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TURTLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TURTLES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION;

EID: 0033103573     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899162011     Document Type: Article

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