Contrast enhancement and distributed encoding by bipolar cells in the retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1070-1081

  Burkhardt, Dwight A ^a   Fahey, Patrick K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0031732140     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1070     Document Type: Article

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