Morphology and spectral absorption characteristics of retinal photoreceptors in the southern hemisphere lamprey (Geotria australis)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-130

  Collin, Shaun P ^a   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Shand, Julia ^b   Potter, Ian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color vision; Filter; Lamprey; Photoreceptor; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); LAMPREYS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0141884069     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803202030     Document Type: Article

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