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

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-54

  Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a,b   Tootle, John S ^b   Amthor, Franklin R ^b  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinesterase; Directional selectivity; GABA; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030824231     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800008749     Document Type: Article

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