Loss of sensitivity in an analog neural circuit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3045-3058

  Borghuis, Bart G ^a   Sterling, Peter ^b   Smith, Robert G ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GUINEA PIGS; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 63849337240     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5071-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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