Changes in visual response properties of cat retinal ganglion cells within two weeks after axotomy

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 171-182

  Takao, Motoharu ^a   Miyoshi, Tomomitsu ^a   Watanabe, Masami ^b   Fukuda, Yutaka ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Cat; Dendritic field; Optic nerve; Receptive field; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA X CELL; RETINA Y CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

EID: 0036434195     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2002.7958     Document Type: Article

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