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Photoreceptor Cell, Engineering, Primary Event +11

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Excited State Property, Conical Intersection, Localized Excited State +12

The photocurrent, noise and spectral sensitivity of rods of the monkey Macaca fascicularis.

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Retinal Therapies, Visual Transduction, Optic Nerve +22