Contribution of rod, on-bipolar, and horizontal cell light responses to the ERG of dogfish retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-511

  Shiells, R A ^a   Falk, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Horizontal cell; On bipolar cell; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; DOGFISH; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; RETINA ROD; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; DOGFISH; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033136661     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899163119     Document Type: Article

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