Spiking and nonspiking models of starburst amacrine cells in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1073-1088

  Velte, T J ^a   Miller, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic isolation; Input resistance; Modeling; Realistic morphology; Space clamp; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031279322     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800011780     Document Type: Article

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