The Mechanisms of Repetitive Spike Generation in an Axonless Retinal Interneuron

Cell Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-166

  Cembrowski, Mark S ^a   Logan, Stephen M ^c   Tian, Miao ^c   Jia, Li ^d   Li, Wei ^d   Kath, William L ^a,b   Riecke, Hermann ^a   Singer, Joshua H ^b,c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEURITE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861118268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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