Shunting inhibition in accessory optic system neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1959-1969

  Ariel, Michael ^a,b   Kogo, Naoki ^a,c  

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

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SHUNTING INHIBITION; TURTLE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; TURTLES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 15544361956     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00214.2004     Document Type: Article

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