Functional circuitry of the retinal ganglion cell's nonlinear receptive field

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 9756-9767

  Demb, Jonathan B ^a   Haarsma, Loren ^a   Freed, Michael A ^a   Sterling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Guinea pig; In vitro retina; L AP 4; Nonlinear subunit; Shift effect; Spiking amacrine cell; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXCITATION; GUINEA PIG; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0033571856     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09756.1999     Document Type: Article

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