The specialization of the owl monkey retina for night vision

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Yamada, Elizabeth S ^a   Franco, Edna Cristina S ^a   Finlay, Barbara L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aotus; Cebus; Fovea; M and P ganglion cells; Night vision; Photoreceptors; Primates; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244465919     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(2001)26:1+<::aid-col26>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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