Morphology and physiology of primate M- and P-cells

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue , 2004, Pages 21-46

  Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Saito, Cézar A ^a   Lee, Barry B ^b,c   Kremers, Jan ^d   Da Silva Filho, Manoel ^a   Kilavik, Bjørg E ^d   Yamada, Elizabeth S ^a   Perry, V Hugh ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANATOMY; ANTHROPOIDEA; AOTUS; CEBIDAE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; EVOLUTION; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VISION;

EID: 0345411824     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)14402-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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