Responses of ganglion cells to contrast steps in the light-adapted retina of the tiger salamander

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-229

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Luminance contrast; Retina; Tiger salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0032030605     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898152021     Document Type: Article

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