Combination of rod and cone inputs in parasol ganglion cells of the magnocellular pathway

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Cao, Dingcai ^a   Lee, Barry B ^b,c   Sun, Hao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contrast gain; Contrast sensitivity; Electrophysiology; Ganglion cells; Photoreceptors; Rod vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79952667418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.11.4     Document Type: Article

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