Shedding light on cones

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-358

  Knox, Barry E ^a   Solessio, Eduardo ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR DISCRIMINATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; LIGHT; MICE; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

EID: 33645280599     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609528     Document Type: Note

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