Plasticity of AII amacrine cell circuitry in the mammalian retina

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2001, Pages 185-200

  Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DARK ADAPTATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0035783503     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)31016-6     Document Type: Review

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