Narrow and wide field amacrine cells fire action potentials in response to depolarization and light stimulation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Heflin, Stephanie J ^a   Cook, Paul B ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tiger salamander; Voltage gated sodium channels

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LARVA; LIGHT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; URODELA;

EID: 34447625539     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380707040X     Document Type: Article

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