Light response differences in the superior colliculus of albino and pigmented rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Thomas, Biju B ^a   Aramant, Robert B ^b   Sadda, Srinivas R ^a   Seiler, Magdalene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Electrophysiology; Pigmented rats; Superior colliculus; Visual threshold

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RETINA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 21844462820     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.05.034     Document Type: Article

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