Effects of noise on the spike timing precision of retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2406-2419

  Van Rossum, M C W ^a   O'Brien, B J ^b   Smith, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHANNEL GATING; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALIBRATION; CATS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037880378     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01106.2002     Document Type: Article

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