Distribution and specificity of S-cone ("blue cone") signals in subcortical visual pathways

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-187

  Martin, Paul R ^a,b   Lee, Barry B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLITRICHINAE; CAT; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA CONE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CALLITHRIX; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; BLUE ON CELL; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL; HISTOGRAM; NERVE CELL; PERISTIMULUS TIME HISTOGRAM; PHOTORECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; S CONE SIGNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

SCOTOPSIN; SHORT-WAVELENGTH OPSIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD OPSINS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84899423769     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523813000631     Document Type: Review

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