The photoreceptor populations in the retina of the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-379

  Kim, Tae Jin ^a   Jeon, Young Ki ^a,b   Lee, Jea Young ^a   Lee, Eun Shil ^a   Jeon, Chang Jin ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kundong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bat; Cone cell; Retina; Rod cell; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CELL DENSITY; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMENQUINUM; VISION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHIROPTERA; OPSINS; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

EID: 58049218566     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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