The ON pathway rectifies the off pathway of the mammalian retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5533-5543

  Liang, Zhiyin ^a   Freed, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHITE NOISE; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GUINEA PIGS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77951561607     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4733-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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