Origins of spontaneous activity in the degenerating retina

Sensory deafferentation resulting from the loss of photoreceptors during retinal degeneration is often accompanied by a paradoxical increase in spontaneous activity throughout the visual system. Oscillatory discharges are apparent in retinal ganglion cells in several rodent models of retinal degener...

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Main Authors: Stuart eTrenholm, Gautam eAwatramani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00277/full