A comparison of receptive-field and tracer-coupling size of amacrine and ganglion cells in the rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1153-1165

  Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a   Xin, Daiyan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Biotinylated tracers; Electrical coupling; Ganglion cells; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280154     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800011846     Document Type: Article

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