Properties of stimulus-dependent synchrony in retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-843

  Chatterjee, Susmita ^a   Merwine, David K ^a   Amthor, Franklin R ^c   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell network; Ganglion cell; Rabbit retina; Stimulus dependent correlation; Synchronous spikes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 37549042786     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070757     Document Type: Article

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