The photovoltage of macaque cone photoreceptors: Adaptation, noise, and kinetics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1203-1216

  Schneeweis, David M ^a,b   Schnapf, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cone; Coupling; Photoreceptor; Primate; Rod

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; KINETICS; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MACACA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033558001     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-04-01203.1999     Document Type: Article

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