Homotypic constraints dominate positioning of on- and off-center beta retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 859-871

  Eglen, Stephen J ^a   Diggle, Peter J ^b   Troy, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta retinal ganglion cells; Functional independence; PIPP model; Retinal mosaics; Statistical independence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HYPOTHESIS; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 32544432707     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523805226147     Document Type: Article

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