Synaptic organization of the vertebrate retina: General principles and species-specific variations: The friedenwald lecture

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1264-1274

  Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL;

CELL INTERACTION; DARK ADAPTATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAMMAL CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA ROD; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CELL COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CELL COMMUNICATION; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL NEURONS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77949880703     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4396     Document Type: Note

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