Form and function of ON-OFF amacrine cells in the amphibian retina

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3171-3190

  Miller, Robert F ^a   Staff, Nathan P ^a,b   Velte, Toby J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPE; NECTURUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SALAMANDER; SOMATIC CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE CELL;

AMACRINE CELLS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646201519     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00090.2005     Document Type: Article

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