Cone-based vision of rats for ultraviolet and visible lights

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2439-2446

  Jacobs, Gerald H ^a   Fenwick, John A ^a   Williams, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Cones; Electroretinogram; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Spectral sensitivity; Ultraviolet sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; LONG EVANS RAT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINA CONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0035745980     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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