Receptive fields and functional architecture in the retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2753-2767

  Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a   Sterling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL STUDY; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ENERGY COST; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67649639284     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.170704     Document Type: Review

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