Opponent and nonopponent contributions to the zebrafish electroretinogram using heterochromatic flicker photometry

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-293

  Patterson II, W F ^a   McDowell, A L ^a,c   Hughes, A ^b   Bilotta, J ^a,c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Danio rerio; Heterochromatic flicker; Heterochromatic flicker photometry; Ultraviolet sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; VISION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0036591265     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0302-1     Document Type: Article

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