Publications [#254643] of Myron L. Wolbarsht

Journal Articles

1. Ringo, J; Wolbarsht, ML; Wagner, HG; Crocker, R; Amthor, F (1977). Trichromatic vision in the cat.. Science (New York, N.Y.), 198(4318), 753-755. [910161]
   (last updated on 2018/09/26)

   Abstract:
   Many cat retinal ganglion cells (types X, Y, and W) have inputs from three separate cone systems. Those with peak sensitivities at 450 and 555 nanometers have been previously shown. A gamma max cone with a peak sensitivity of 500 nanometers can be differentiated from other cones by spectral sensitivity and from rods by receptive field differences, functioning above rod saturation levels, and by cone-rod breaks in the dark-adaptation curves. The similarity of the three-cone cat retina to the extramacular retina of the rhesus monkeys suggests that the cat may have photopic trichromatic vision.