Functional Asymmetries in ON and OFF Ganglion Cells of Primate Retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2737-2747

  Chichilnisky, E J ^a   Kalmar, Rachel S ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dynamics; Kinetics; Monkey; Nonlinear; Receptive field; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Sensitivity; White noise

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE NOISE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DATA DISPLAY; KINETICS; MACACA; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036548543     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02737.2002     Document Type: Article

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