Mesopic background lights enhance dark-adapted cone ERG flash responses in the intact mouse retina: A possible role for gap junctional decoupling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2309-2318

  Heikkinen, H ^a   Vinberg, F ^a   Nymark, S ^a   Koskelainen, A ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Light adaptation; Photoreceptor; Retina; Rod cone coupling

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINANCE; MESOPIC VISION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; MESOPIC VISION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 79956275463     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00536.2010     Document Type: Article

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