Photoreceptor regulation of spatial visual behavior

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1842-1849

  Alam, Nazia M ^a,b   Altimus, Cara M ^c   Douglas, Robert M ^d   Hattar, Samer ^c,e   Prusky, Glen T ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone; ipRGC; Melanopsin; Mesopic; Optokinetic tracking; Photopic; Photoreceptors; Rod; Scotopic; Spatial vision; Visual behavior

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; LUMINANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPATIAL VISUAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL NAVIGATION;

EID: 84925340787     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15644     Document Type: Article

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