Unusual cone and rod properties in subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1545-1558

  Peichl, Leo ^a   Němec, Pavel ^b,c   Burda, Hynek ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptomys; Heterocephalus; Mammalian retina; Opsins; Photoreceptors; Subterranean mammals; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; OPSIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOMYS ANSELLI; CRYPTOMYS MECHOWI; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MAMMAL; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RODENT; TISSUE TYPES; VISION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CONES (RETINA); EYE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLE RATS; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 1842451689     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03263.x     Document Type: Article

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