Rod sensitivity during Xenopus development

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 817-827

  Xiong, Wei Hong ^a   Yau, King Wai ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rat; Retinaldehyde; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DARK ADAPTATION; DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; RETINA ROD; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TADPOLE; VISUAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AGE; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036898101     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028702     Document Type: Article

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