The scotopic threshold response of the dark-adapted electroretinogram of the mouse

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 543, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 899-916

  Saszik, Shannon M ^a   Robson, John G ^a   Frishman, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

A WAVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; B WAVE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; SCOTOPIC THRESHOLD RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0037106295     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.019703     Document Type: Review

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