Basic mechanisms in pinniped vision

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 299-311

  Hanke, Frederike D ^a   Hanke, Wolf ^b   Scholtyssek, Christine ^b   Dehnhardt, Guido ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibious vision; Pinnipeds; Resolution; Sensitivity; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENT; KERATOMETRY; LUMINANCE; MULTIFOCAL LENS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA; REVIEW; SEAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; PHOCA; RETINA; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73349141982     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1793-6     Document Type: Review

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