Features of visual function in the naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-330

  Hetling, John R ^a,b   Baig Silva, Monica S ^a   Comer, Christopher M ^a,b   Pardue, Machelle T ^c   Samaan, Dalia Y ^b   Qtaishat, Nasser M ^b   Pepperberg, David R ^a,b   Park, Thomas J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Electroretinogram; Eye; Rodent; Vision

Indexed keywords

RETINOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; GERBIL; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MOLE RAT; MOUSE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; GERBILLINAE; LIGHT; MICE; MOLE RATS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINOIDS; VISION;

EID: 17444415365     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0584-6     Document Type: Article

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