Gap junctional coupling underlies the short-latency spike synchrony of retinal α ganglion cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6768-6777

  Hu, Edward H ^a   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Electrophysiology; Ganglion cells; Gap junctions; Retina; Spike synchrony

Indexed keywords

NEUROBIOTIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPIKE;

EID: 0043135247     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-17-06768.2003     Document Type: Article

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