Correlated firing in rabbit retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 908-920

  Devries, Steven H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032988658     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.908     Document Type: Article

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