Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Primate Retina

The Primate Visual System: A Comparative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 127-160

  Silveira, Luiz Carlos L ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^b   Kremers, Jan ^c   Lee, Barry B ^d,e   Martin, Paul R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell circuitry; Blue ON yellow OFF pathway; Ganglion cell physiology; Koniocellular (KC) ganglion cells; MC and PC pathway role; Parallel pathways; Photoreceptor physiology; Primate retinal anatomy and physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250178829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868112.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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