Mosaic arrangement of ganglion cell receptive fields in rabbit retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2048-2060

  DeVries, Steven H ^a,b   Baylor, Denis A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030864981     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.2048     Document Type: Article

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