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Dark Adaptation

Dark Adaptation is a physiological process in visual perception whereby the human eye increases its sensitivity to light under low-illumination conditions, distinguishing itself from other forms of visual adaptation by its specific reliance on the regeneration of photopigments in rod cells to enable vision in the dark.

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Scotopic Adaptation

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Learning to See in the Dark

Chen Chen, Qifeng Chen, Xu Jia et al. · 2018 · 1.3K citations

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Glutathione and ascorbic acid in spinach (<i>Spinacia oleracea</i>) chloroplasts. The effect of hydrogen peroxide and of Paraquat

Man Yee Law, Stephen A. Charles, Barry Halliwell · Biochemical Journal · 1983 · 894 citations · Full text

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Change of organization in the receptive fields of the cat's retina during dark adaptation

H. B. Barlow, Richard Fitzhugh, Stephen W. Kuffler · The Journal of Physiology · 1957 · 798 citations

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Modulation of locomotor activity in larval zebrafish during light adaptation

Harold A. Burgess, Michael Granato · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2007 · 561 citations

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Why Leaves Turn Red in Autumn. The Role of Anthocyanins in Senescing Leaves of Red-Osier Dogwood

Taylor S. Feild, David W. Lee, N. Michèle Holbrook · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2001 · 554 citations

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    Cynthia Owsley

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Gerald McGwin

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Mark E. Clark

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Vladimir J. Kefalov

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    18 publications · 812 citations

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    W. A. H. Rushton

    Physiological Society, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    31 h-index

    122 publications

    8.8K citations

  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    26 h-index

    157 publications

    11.1K citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    20 h-index

    59 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    20 h-index

    54 publications

    4.1K citations

  5. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    20 h-index

    69 publications

    4.4K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    68 publications

    3K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    17 h-index

    54 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    16 h-index

    44 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. The Journal of General Physiology

    JGP · 91 publications · 7K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 110 publications · 5K citations

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  3. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

    IOVS · 60 publications · 3.2K citations

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  4. The Journal of Physiology

    57 publications · 4.4K citations

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  5. Archives of Ophthalmology

    43 publications · 2.4K citations

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