The Zeta cell: A new ganglion cell type in cat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-288

  Berson, D M ^a   Pu, M ^a,b   Famiglietti, E V ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma cell; Local edge detector; Superior colliculus; Visual streak; W cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032556045     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980921)399:2<269::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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