Synaptic inputs onto small bistratified (blue-ON/yellow-OFF) ganglion cells in marmoset retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-669

  Percival, Kumiko A ^a,b   Jusuf, Patricia R ^a,b   Martin, Paul R ^a,b   Grünert, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color vision; Ganglion cells; Koniocellular; Primate retina; Short wavelength sensitive cones

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA SMALL BISTRATIFIED GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; RETINA; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70449381377     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22183     Document Type: Article

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