Physiological response properties of cat retinal ganglion cells projecting to suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Pu, Mingliang ^a  

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

Author keywords

Circadian; Field; Receptive; Sensitivity; Spectral

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034114530     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873040001500104     Document Type: Article

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