Why do mice have ultra-violet vision?

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-892

  Gouras, Peter ^a   Ekesten, Bjorn ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mice; retinal ganglion cells; ultraviolet cones; ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA; GANGLION; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION;

EID: 11844257674     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.06.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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