Microcircuitry and mosaic of a blue-yellow ganglion cell in the primate retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3373-3385

  Calkins, David J ^a   Tsukamoto, Yoshihiko ^b   Sterling, Peter ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Color discrimination; Color opponency; Ganglion cell; Ribbon synapses; S cones

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032079559     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03373.1998     Document Type: Article

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