Effects of horizontal cell network architecture on signal spread in the turtle outer retina. Experiments and simulations

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4089-4103

  Ammermüller, Josef ^a   Möckel, Wolfgang ^a   Perlman, Ido ^b   Röhrenbeck, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Horizontal cells; Neural networks; Photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TURTLES;

EID: 0011749829     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00211-8     Document Type: Article

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