Comparative anatomy of major retinal pathways in the eyes of nocturnal and diurnal mammals

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 27-52

  Linberg, Kenneth ^a   Cuenca, Nicolas ^c   Ahnelt, Peter ^d   Fisher, Steven ^a   Kolb, Helga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EYE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035783507     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31006-3     Document Type: Review

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