Classification of retinal ganglion cells: A statistical approach

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1704-1713

  Carcieri, Stephen M ^a   Jacobs, Adam L ^a   Nirenberg, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; LIGHTING; MICE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0141565188     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00127.2003     Document Type: Article

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