Excitatory and inhibitory contributions to receptive fields of alpha-like retinal ganglion cells in mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1426-1440

  Di Marco, Stefano ^a,c   Protti, Dario A ^a   Solomon, Samuel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Bipolar cell; Contrast adaptation; Disinhibition; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE;

AMACRINE CELL; BIPOLAR CELL; CONTRAST ADAPTATION; DISINHIBITION; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGENTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 84884187197     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01097.2012     Document Type: Article

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