Photoreceptor distribution in the retinas of subprimate mammals

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 568-579

  Szél, Ágoston ^a   Lukáts, Ákos ^a   Fekete, Tibor ^a   Szepessy, Zsuzsanna ^a   Röhlich, Pál ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MAMMALS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

CELLS; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; VISION;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0034145992     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000568     Document Type: Article

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