Spontaneous activity in developing turtle retinal ganglion cells: Statistical analysis

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-241

  Grzywacz, Norberto M ^b   Sernagor, Evelyne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Retinal ganglion cells; Spontaneous activity; Spontaneous bursts; Spontaneous waves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE WAVE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TURTLES;

EID: 0034051896     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800172050     Document Type: Article

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