Effects of eliminating retinal Y cell input on center-surround interactions in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1089-1097

  Wang, Chun ^a   Dreher, B ^a   Burke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Center surround antagonism; Intrageniculate inhibition; Lagged nonlagged cells; Selective Y block; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030279521     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007732     Document Type: Article

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