Retinal processing and opponent mechanisms mediating ultraviolet polarization sensitivity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1376-1385

  Ramsden, Samuel D ^a   Anderson, Leslie ^a   Mussi, Martina ^a   Kamermans, Maarten ^b,c   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Electrophysiology; Electroretinogram, compound action potential; Fish; Horizontal cell; Polarization sensitivity; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; RETINA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 46849097190     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.015941     Document Type: Article

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