Functional organization of ganglion cells in the salamander retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2277-2292

  Segev, Ronen ^a   Puchalla, Jason ^a   Berry II, Michael J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; SALAMANDER; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33646195849     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00928.2005     Document Type: Article

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