Synaptic physiology of direction selectivity in the retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4371-4376

  Zhou, Z Jimmy ^a,b   Lee, Seunghoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; EYE MOVEMENT; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SYNAPTIC PHYSIOLOGY;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MOTION PERCEPTION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 51849148414     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.159020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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