A dendrite-autonomous mechanism for direction selectivity in retinal starburst amacrine cells

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1474-1493

  Hausselt, Susanne E ^a   Euler, Thomas ^a   Detwiler, Peter B ^b   Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RABBIT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 34547105816     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050185     Document Type: Article

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