A structural basis for omnidirectional connections between starburst amacrine cells and directionally selective ganglion cells in rabbit retina, with associated bipolar cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-162

  Famiglietti, E V ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic amacrine cells; Cone bipolar cells; Dendritic stratification; Directional selectivity; Inner plexiform layer; Rabbit retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Starburst amacrine cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THALAMUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; CONES (RETINA); DENDRITES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036489593     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523802191139     Document Type: Article

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