Selective Transmission of Single Photon Responses by Saturation at the Rod-to-Rod Bipolar Synapse

Neuron

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-443

  Sampath, Alapakkam P ^a   Rieke, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VISION;

EID: 1242271186     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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