Different circuits for ON and OFF retinal ganglion cells cause different contrast sensitivities

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2645-2654

  Zaghloul, Kareem A ^a   Boahen, Kwabena ^b   Demb, Jonathan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

APB; Linear nonlinear model; Photopic vision; Receptive field center; White noise; cell

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GUINEA PIG; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUMINANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0344406721     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02645.2003     Document Type: Article

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