Synaptic organization of complex ganglion cells in rabbit retina: Type and arrangement of inputs to directionally selective and local-edge-detector cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 484, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-391

  Famiglietti, Edward V ^a,b,c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; Electron microscopy; Motion vision; Neural circuitry; ON OFF directionally selective ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; MOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 16444380009     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20433     Document Type: Article

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