The sensitivity and spectral identity of the cones driving the b-wave of the rat electroretinogram

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Akula, James D ^a   Lyubarsky, Arkady L ^b   Naarendorp, Frank ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone absolute sensitivity; Cone b wave; M cones; Rod saturation; UV cones

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RODS (RETINA); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0141884079     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803202029     Document Type: Article

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