Sensitivity and kinetics of mouse rod flash responses determined in vivo from paired-flash electroretinograms

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 516, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 593-609

  Hetling, John R ^a   Pepperberg, David R ^b,c  

^a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; TIME; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RETINA ROD FLASH RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CORNEA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTONS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0033560916     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0593v.x     Document Type: Article

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