Current source density analysis of ON/OFF channels in the frog optic tectum

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-44

  Nakagawa, H ^a   Matsumoto, N ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FROG; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RANIDAE; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033984187     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(99)00041-6     Document Type: Review

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