Parallel cone bipolar to on-β ganglion cell pathways in the cat retina: Spatial responses, spatial aliasing, and spatial variance

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1152-1165

  Levitan, Bennett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CATS; CONES (RETINA); MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0030160927     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001152     Document Type: Article

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