Comparing the retinal structures and functions in two species of gulls (Larus delawarensis and Larus modestus) with significant nocturnal behaviours

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2914-2925

  Emond, M P ^a,b   McNeil, R ^a   Cabana, T ^a   Guerra, C G ^c   Lachapelle, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Cones; Dark adaptation; Electroretinogram; Nocturnal behaviour; Retina; Rods; Visual adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; NIGHT; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEA GULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745241067     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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