Teaching insect retinal physiology with newly designed, inexpensive micromanipulators

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 254-261

  Krans, Jacob ^a,b   Gilbert, Cole ^a   Hoy, Ron ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750993156     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00029.2006     Document Type: Article

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