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sco·to·pi·a

 (skə-tō′pē-ə)
n.
The ability to see in darkness or dim light; dark-adapted vision.
[Greek skotos, darkness + -opia.]
sco·to′pic (-tō′pĭk, -tŏp′ĭk) adj.
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sco·top·ic

a. escotópico-a, rel. a la escotopia;
___ vision → visión ___.
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Scotopic electroretinogram (ERG) was used to estimate retinal function in the animals.
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The opening should equate approximately to the size of physiologically dilated pupil under scotopic conditions--this average 4-5 mm in the pseudophakic eye.
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Therefore, photoreceptors of nocturnal geckos, despite the rod-like shape, ultrastructure, and function [1-3], are actually cones evolutionary adapted to fulfill the role of rods and allow scotopic vision.
Cone-like rectification properties of cGMP-gated channels in transmutated retinal photoreceptors of nocturnal geckoes
As shown in that table, the scotopic luminances and the resulting S/P ratios of the three colors were different.
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After postnatal lead exposure, rod photoreceptor-selective apoptosis, persistent rod-mediated (scotopic) electroretinographic (ERG) subnormality, and scotopic behavioral deficits occur in humans, monkeys, and rodents (Fox and Boyes 2008; Fox et al.
Low-level gestational lead exposure increases retinal progenitor cell proliferation and rod photoreceptor and bipolar cell neurogenesis in mice

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