Electrical coupling between red and green cones in primate retina

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 745-750

  Hornstein, Eric P ^a   Verweij, Jan ^a   Schnapf, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINANCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042742247     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1274     Document Type: Article

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