Symmetry breakdown in the ON and OFF pathways of the retina at night: Functional implications

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 10006-10014

  Pandarinath, Chethan ^a   Victor, Jonathan D ^a   Nirenberg, Sheila ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77955366046     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5616-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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