Mouse (Mus musculus)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
G cone508nm  508nm
Rod495nm  495nm
G+UV cone508,360nm  360nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
G cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Green-UVA
508nm - 411nm - 359nm
 
G cone G+UV cone Photopic
Rods-Cones
471nm - 407nm - 361nm
 
Rod G+UV cone Mesopic

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Notes and References:

Jacobs, G.H., Williams, G.A., & Fenwick, J. (2004) Influence of cone pigment coexpression on spectral sensitivity and color vision in the mouse. Vision Research, 44 1615-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.01.016

Joesch M., Meister M. (2016) A neuronal circuit for colour vision based on rod–cone opponency. Nature (2016) letter, doi:10.1038/nature17158

Applebury, M. L., Antoch, M. P., Baxter, L. C., Chun, L. L. Y., Falk, J. D., Farhangfar, F., Kage, K., Krzystolik, M., G., Lyass, L. A., & Robbins, J. T. The Murine Cone Photoreceptor: A Single Cone Type Expresses Both S and M Opsins with Retinal Spatial Patterning (2000) Neuron, 27 pp. 513-23

Yokoyama, S. & Radlwimmer, F. B. (1998) The "Five-Sites" Rule and the Evolution of Red and Green Color Vision in Mammals. Mol. Biol. Evol. 15(5):560-567. ISSN: 0737-4038

Douglas R.H., Jeffrey G. (2014) The spectral transmission of ocular media suggests ultraviolet sensitivity is widespread among mammals. Proc Roy Soc B 281(1780) doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2995

Srinivasan, S., Carlo, C. N., & Stevens, C. F. (2015). Predicting visual acuity from the structure of visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(25), 7815-7820.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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