The temporal structure of transient ON/OFF ganglion cell responses and its relation to intra-retinal processing

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-151

  Thiel, Andreas ^a   Greschner, Martin ^a   Ammermüller, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Computational model; Concatenated inhibition; Glycine; Reciprocal feedback; Retinal circuitry; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AMACRINE CELL; CELL RESPONSE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONCATENATED INHIBITION; GANGLIA CELLS; ON-OFF GANGLION CELLS; RECIPROCAL FEEDBACK; RETINAL CIRCUITRY; TEMPORAL CODING; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

AMINO ACIDS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SPIKE WAVE; TURTLE;

EID: 33747447043     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-006-7863-x     Document Type: Article

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