Normal and rebound impulse firing in retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-90

  Mitra, Pratip ^a,b   Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode break; Anomalous rectification; Latency; Rebound excitation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IRIS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REACTION TIME; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247860833     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070101     Document Type: Article

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