Direct activation and temporal response properties of rabbit retinal ganglion cells following subretinal stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2982-2993

  Tsai, David ^a   Morley, John W ^a,b   Suaning, Gregg J ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70449372985     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00545.2009     Document Type: Article

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