Retinal pathways for colour vision: Studies of short-wavelength sensitive ("blue") cones and their connections in primate retina

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Martin, Paul R ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^a   Chan, Tricia L ^a   Ghosh, Krishna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Colour vision; Horizontal cells; Macaque; Marmoset; Photoreceptors; Primate; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244441493     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(2001)26:1+<::aid-col25>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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