Slow Na+ inactivation and variance adaptation in salamander retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1506-1516

  Kim, Kerry J ^a   Rieke, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Contrast adaptation; Models for spike generation; Modulation of Na+ current; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal signal processing; Slow Na+ inactivation; Spike frequency adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE;

EID: 0037442791     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-04-01506.2003     Document Type: Article

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