Mesopic state: Cellular mechanisms involved in pre- and post-synaptic mixing of rod and cone signals

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 347-359

  Keizaj, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; cAMP; D1; D2; Dopamine; Gap junction; Neuromodula tion; Photoreceptor; Retina; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; COLOR VISION; MIXING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; CAMP; D1; D2; DOPAMINE; GAP-JUNCTIONS; NEUROMODULA TION; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA; XENOPUS;

AMINES;

DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NEUROMODULATION; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033843903     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000901)50:5<347::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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