Spike train signatures of retinal ganglion cell types

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-380

  Zeck, Günther M ^a,b   Masland, Richard H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ganglion; Rabbit; Retina; Spike timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34447629754     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05670.x     Document Type: Article

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