Ribbon synapses compute temporal contrast and encode luminance in retinal rod bipolar cells

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1555-1561

  Oesch, Nicholas W ^a   Diamond, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LIGHT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 82255179221     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2945     Document Type: Article

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