How robust is a neural circuit?

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-571

  Sterling, Peter ^a   Freed, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuitry; Information; Retina; Spikes; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ISOMERIZATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34848847873     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070526     Document Type: Article

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