A high frequency resonance in the responses of retinal ganglion cells to rapidly modulated stimuli: A computer model

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 779-794

  Miller, J A ^a,b   Denning, K S ^a,c   George, J S ^a   Marshak, D W ^d   Kenyon, G T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha ganglion cell; Amacrine cell; Cat; Gap junction; Simulation; Y ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749336027     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523806230104     Document Type: Article

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