Separate blue and green cone networks in the mammalian retina

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 751-756

  Li, Wei ^a   DeVries, Steven H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SQUIRREL;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONNEXINS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 3042739351     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1275     Document Type: Article

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