Changes in physiological properties of rat ganglion cells during retinal degeneration

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2560-2571

  Sekirnjak, Chris ^a   Jepson, Lauren H ^a   Hottowy, Pawel ^b   Sher, Alexander ^c   Dabrowski, Wladyslaw ^b   Litke, A M ^c   Chichilnisky, E J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cones; Implant; Receptive field; Rods; Threshold

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 79956272792     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01061.2010     Document Type: Article

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