Variability in the firing of retinal ganglion cells of goldfish: A review

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-246

  Levine, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b M/C 285 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Ganglion cell; Goldfish; Variability

Indexed keywords

CELL ISOLATION; COVARIANCE; GOLDFISH; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GOLDFISH; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34548492930     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070277     Document Type: Review

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