Efficiency of information transmission by retinal ganglion cells

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1523-1530

  Koch, Kristin ^a   McLean, Judith ^a   Berry, Michael ^b   Sterling, Peter ^a   Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a   Freed, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIGS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4644243834     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.08.060     Document Type: Article

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