Direction selectivity in the larval zebrafish tectum is mediated by asymmetric inhibition

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Grama, Abhinav ^a   Engert, Florian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric inhibition; Direction selectivity; Tectum; Vision; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PATCH CLAMP; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84866033708     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00059     Document Type: Article

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