Mechanisms and circuitry underlying directional selectivity in the retina

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6914, 2002, Pages 411-414

  Fried, Shelley I ^a   Münch, Thomas A ^a   Werblin, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CELLS; NEUROLOGY;

ROBUST SPIKING;

VISION;

BIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037191814     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01179     Document Type: Article

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