Wiring specificity in the direction-selectivity circuit of the retina

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7337, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Briggman, Kevin L ^a   Helmstaedter, Moritz ^a   Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALCIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TWO PHOTON CALCIUM IMAGING;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952380642     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09818     Document Type: Article

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