Contrast rectification and distributed encoding by ON-OFF amacrine cells in the retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1676-1688

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LUMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032876910     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.4.1676     Document Type: Article

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