Reliability of signal transfer at a tonically transmitting, graded potential synapse of the locust ocellar pathway

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 7529-7537

  Simmons, Peter J ^a   De Ruyter Van Steveninck, Rob ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit; Information; Insect; Statistics; Visual; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; LOCUST; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 23844550542     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1119-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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