Direction tuning of individual retinal inputs to the turtle accessory optic system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2673-2684

  Kogo, Naoki ^a   Rubio, Doris McGartland ^a   Ariel, Michael ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal optic nucleus; Brainstem; Direction sensitivity; EPSPs; Retina slip; Synaptic convergence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE; TURTLE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0344505872     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02673.1998     Document Type: Article

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