The electroretinogram (ERG) of a diurnal cone-rich laboratory rodent, the Nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus)

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 2723-2731

  Gilmour, Gregory S ^a   Gaillard, Frédéric ^b   Watson, Juliane ^a   Kuny, Sharee ^a   Mema, Silvina C ^a   Bonfield, Stephan ^c   Stell, William K ^c   Sauvé, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c Department of Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Electroretinogram; Photoreceptors; Retina; Rodent

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MURIDAE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049128508     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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