Local excitatory circuits in the intermediate gray layer of the superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1424-1427

  Pettit, Diana L ^a   Helms, Matthew C ^a   Lee, Psyche ^a   Augustine, George J ^a   Hall, William C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032977621     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1424     Document Type: Article

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