Electroretinogram of the parietal eye of lizards: Photoreceptor, glial, and lens cell contributions

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 895-907

  Solessio, Eduardo ^a   Engbretson, Gustav A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit model; Parapineal; Potassium; Third eye

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLIA; LENS; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIZARDS; NEUROGLIA; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; POTASSIUM;

EID: 0033197690     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252389916509X     Document Type: Article

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