Alpha ganglion cells of the rabbit retina lose antagonistic surround responses under dark adaptation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 395-401

  Muller, Jay F ^a   Dacheux, Ramon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

HRP injection; Intracellular Recording; Photopic; Receptive fields; Scotopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031103507     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800011512     Document Type: Article

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