Evidence that circuits for spatial and color vision segregate at the first retinal synapse

Neuron

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Calkins, David J ^a   Sterling, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033213691     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80846-6     Document Type: Review

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