Thresholds for masking responses to light in three strains of retinally degenerate mice

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-428

  Mrosovsky, N ^a   Foster, R G ^b   Salmon, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Locomotor activity; Masking; Retinal degeneration; Rhythms; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; GENOTYPE; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VISION;

EID: 0033110401     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050341     Document Type: Article

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