Dynamic properties of retino-geniculate synapses in the cat

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-231

  Rowe, Michael H ^a   Fischer, Quentin ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; Cross correlation; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Retina; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035007881     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523801182076     Document Type: Article

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