Spatial order in short-wavelength-sensitive cone photoreceptors: A comparative study of the primate retina

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

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 557-567

  Martin, Paul R ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^a   Chan, Tricia L ^a   Bumsted, Keely ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RETINA; RETINA CONE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; PRIMATES; RETINA;

ALDEHYDES; CELLS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0034146816     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000557     Document Type: Article

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