Paired-spike interactions and synaptic efficacy of retinal inputs to the thalamus

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6700, 1998, Pages 384-387

  Usrey, W Martin ^a   Reppas, John B ^a   Reid, R Clay ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; GENICULATE BODIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032563887     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26487     Document Type: Article

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