Retinal anatomy and visual performance in a diurnal cone-rich laboratory rodent, the nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 510, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-538

  Gaillard, Frédéric ^a   Bonfield, Stephan ^b   Gilmour, Gregory S ^c   Kuny, Sharee ^c   Mema, Silvina C ^c   Martin, Brent T ^c   Smale, Laura ^d   Crowder, Nathan ^c   Stell, William K ^b   Sauvé, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrime cells; Bipolar cells; Horizontal cells; Photoreceptors; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MURIDAE; NILE GRASS RAT; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 53149083390     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21798     Document Type: Article

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