Balanced interactions in ganglion-cell receptive fields

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-332

  Granda, A M ^a   Dearworth Jr , J R ^a   Subramaniam, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Amino 4 phosphonobutyric acid; Receptive field formation; Retinal ganglion cell; Spectral light adaptation; Turtle

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TURTLE; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TURTLES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033103505     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899162126     Document Type: Article

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