Detection sensitivity and temporal resolution of visual signals near absolute threshold in the salamander retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 318-330

  Chichilnisky, E J ^a   Rieke, F ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute threshold; Photon detection; Physical limits; Scotopic vision; Signal processing; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NIGHT VISION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTONS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 12144282743     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2339-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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