Cellular Basis for Contrast Gain Control over the Receptive Field Center of Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells
Beaudoin DL, Borghuis BG, Demb JB. Cellular Basis for Contrast Gain Control over the Receptive Field Center of Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells. Journal Of Neuroscience 2007, 27: 2636-2645. PMID: 17344401, PMCID: PMC6672510, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4610-06.2007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptive field centerPresynaptic bipolar cellsGanglion cellsBipolar cellsAmacrine cellsGanglion cell receptive field centersContrast gain controlMammalian retinal ganglion cellsMammalian ganglion cellsRetinal ganglion cellsWhole-cell recordingsInhibitory neurotransmitter receptorsField centerVoltage-clamp conditionsInhibitory interneuronsSynaptic releaseNeurotransmitter receptorsCenter responseExtracellular recordingsPharmacological conditionsAdequate stimulationInhibitory conductanceCalcium bufferingSubthreshold responsesMembrane currents