Dark adaptation is faster in pigmented than albino rats

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Behn, Darren ^a   Doke, Anjali ^a   Racine, Julie ^a   Casanova, Christian ^b   Chemtob, Sylvain ^c   Lachapelle, Pierre ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark adaptation; Electroretinogram; Long Evans; Rats; Scotopic ERG; Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; B WAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0037345803     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022511918823     Document Type: Article

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