Response sensitivity and voltage gain of the rod- and cone-bipolar cell synapses in dark-adapted tiger salamander retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2662-2673

  Yang, Xiong Li ^a,b   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0030720014     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2662     Document Type: Article

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