High-sensitivity rod photoreceptor input to the blue-yellow color opponent pathway in macaque retina

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1159-1164

  Field, Greg D ^a   Greschner, Martin ^a   Gauthier, Jeffrey L ^a   Rangel, Carolina ^b   Shlens, Jonathon ^a,c   Sher, Alexander ^d   Marshak, David W ^b   Litke, Alan M ^d   Chichilnisky, E J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; LIGHT; MACACA; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; COLOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MICROELECTRODES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 69449094572     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2353     Document Type: Article

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