Why different regions of the retina have different spectral sensitivities: A review of mechanisms and functional significance of intraretinal variability in spectral sensitivity in vertebrates

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-293

  Temple, S E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archerfish; Expression; Goldfish; Human; Mouse; Opsin; Perception; Primate; Regional; Seeing; Topography; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

CHROMATOPHORE; CORNEA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; HUMANS; LIGHT; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OPSINS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80052610324     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523811000113     Document Type: Review

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