Segregation and Integration of Visual Channels: Layer-by-Layer Computation of ON-OFF Signals by Amacrine Cell Dendrites

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4693-4701

  Pang, Ji Jie ^a   Gao, Fan ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; Dendritic stratification; Inner plexiform layer; Layer by layer signal computation; ON and OFF visual channels; Retina; Signal segregation and integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; DENDRITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

AMACRINE CELLS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036616782     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-11-04693.2002     Document Type: Article

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