Local edge detectors: A substrate for fine spatial vision at low temporal frequencies in rabbit retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 13250-13263

  Van Wyk, Michiel ^a   Taylor, W Rowland ^b   Vaney, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Edge detection; Inhibition; Rabbit retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

NEUROBIOTIN; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCAL EDGE DETECTOR; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 33845751029     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1991-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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