Dim light vision - Morphological and functional adaptations of the eye of the mormyrid fish, Gnathonemus petersii

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 102, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 291-303

  Landsberger, Meik ^a   Emde, Gerhard von der ^a   Haverkate, Dorothee ^b   Schuster, Stefan ^b   Gentsch, Janina ^c   Ulbricht, Elke ^c   Reichenbach, Andreas ^c   Makarov, Felix ^d   Wagner, Hans Joachim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast vision; Dim light vision; Inner retina; Optomotor response; Photoreceptor bundle; Retinomotor movement

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; GNATHONEMUS PETERSII; GOLDFISH; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; EYE; GYMNOTIFORMES; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58749086883     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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