S cones: Evolution, retinal distribution, development, and spectral sensitivity

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-138

  Hunt, David M ^a   Peichl, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone distribution; Cone loss; Opsins; Photoreceptors; Retinal development; Retinal dysfunction; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT; PRIMISULFURON; SULFONAMIDE; UREA; SHORT WAVELENGTH SENSITIVE TYPE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; BIRD; CARTILAGINOUS FISH; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COLOR VISION; ENHANCED S CONE SYNDROME; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPTILE; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA L CONE; RETINA S CONE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TELEOST; TRITANOPIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL ACUITY; ALBINISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CETACEA; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; HISTOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ALBINISM; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CETACEA; COLOR VISION; FISHES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OPSINS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFONAMIDES; UREA;

EID: 84899444994     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523813000242     Document Type: Review

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