ERG assessment of zebrafish retinal development

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 881-888

  Saszik, Shannon ^b   Bilotta, Joseph ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cone contributions; Danio rerio; Electroretinogram (ERG); Visual development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; RETINA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0033197558     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899165076     Document Type: Article

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