Speed, spatial, and temporal tuning of rod and cone vision in mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-198

  Umino, Yumiko ^a   Solessio, Eduardo ^a   Barlow, Robert B ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Knock out; Optomotor; Photopic; Retina; Scotopic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VELOCITY; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 38149022652     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3551-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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