Retinal photoreceptors of two subterranean tuco-tuco species (Rodentia, Ctenomys): Morphology, topography, and spectral sensitivity

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4001-4015

  Schleich, Cristian E ^a   Vielma, Alex ^b   Glösmann, Martin ^c   Palacios, Adrian G ^b   Peichl, Leo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color vision; Cone photoreceptors; Electroretinogram; Retinas; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CTENOMYS MAGELLANICUS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RODENT; VISION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RODENTIA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77955670664     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22440     Document Type: Article

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