Spatial-temporal response characteristics of the ON-OFF direction selective ganglion cells in the rabbit retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-28

  He, Shigang ^a,b   Levick, William R ^a,c  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b Dept Geogr Sci Plan Univ Q   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Extracellular recording; Motion detection; Receptive field; Sinusoidal gratings; Spatial frequency; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINA; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0034607609     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01030-2     Document Type: Article

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