Voltage-gated sodium channels improve contrast sensitivity of a retinal ganglion cell

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 8097-8103

  Dhingra, Narender K ^a,b   Freed, Michael A ^a   Smith, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b National Brain Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; QX 314; Retinal ganglion cell; Signal amplification; Signal to noise ratio; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GUINEA PIGS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 24344508594     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1962-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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