The action spectrum of photochemical damage to the retina: A review of monochromatic threshold data

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 747-753

  Van Norren, Dirk ^a   Gorgels, Theo G M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LIGHT; MACACA; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; MACACA; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RATS; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

HAPLORHINI; MACACA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960563684     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00921.x     Document Type: Review

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