The synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying a change in spatial encoding in the retina

Neuron

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 460-473

  Grimes, William N ^a   Schwartz, Gregory W ^a   Rieke, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUINOXALINES; RETINA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84898685402     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.037     Document Type: Article

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