Intrinsic physiological properties of cat retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 538, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 787-802

  O'Brien, Brendan J ^a   Isayama, Tomoki ^a   Richardson, Randal ^a   Berson, David M ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DENDRITE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036487070     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013009     Document Type: Article

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