Visual acuity of the midland banded water snake estimated from evoked telencephalic potentials

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 865-870

  Baker, Robert A ^a   Gawne, Timothy J ^a   Loop, Michael S ^a   Pullman, Sheena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Evoked potential; Snake; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SNAKE; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; CONES (RETINA); EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547159237     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0240-z     Document Type: Article

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