Complex temporal response patterns with a simple retinal circuit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1087-1097

  Werner, Birgit ^a,d   Cook, Paul B ^a,b   Passaglia, Christopher L ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Program in Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SALAMANDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REACTION TIME; RETINA; TIME;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; LARVA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PICROTOXIN; REACTION TIME; RETINA; STRYCHNINE; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

EID: 55249107336     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90527.2008     Document Type: Article

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