ON-OFF amacrine cells in cat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 556-566

  Freed, Michael A ^a,d   Pflug, Renate ^b   Kolb, Helga ^c   Nelson, Ralph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b Inst Allg Vergleichende P   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; circuitry; ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CONES (RETINA); DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SYNAPSES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0029671410     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960115)364:3<556::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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