Optics of cone photoreceptors in the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 111, 2015, Pages

  Wilby, David ^a   Toomey, Matthew B ^b   Olsson, Peter ^c   Frederiksen, Rikard ^d   Cornwall, M Carter ^d   Oulton, Ruth ^a   Kelber, Almut ^c   Corbo, Joseph C ^b   Roberts, Nicholas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Colour vision; Cone; FDTD; Optics; Photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; COLOR VISION; CONES; DROPS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS;

ANGULAR SENSITIVITY; COMPONENT STRUCTURE; CONE PHOTORECEPTORS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; DOUBLE-SENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTORS;

VISION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOCK FACE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHICKEN; CONE PHOTORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION;

OIL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OILS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84945953389     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0591     Document Type: Article

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