Is the input to a GABAergic synapse the sole asymmetry in turtle's retinal directional selectivity?

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-439

  Smith, Randall D ^a   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^b,c   Borg Graham, Lyle J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Smith Kettlewell Eye Research I

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional selectivity; GABA; Null direction inhibition; Preferred direction facilitation; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; TURTLE; VISION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES; TURTLES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030139074     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008105     Document Type: Article

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