A novel GABA receptor on bipolar cell terminals in the tiger salamander retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3 I, 1994, Pages 1202-1212

  Lukasiewicz, Peter D ^a,c   Maple, Bruce R ^b,d   Werblin, Frank S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar cell; GABA; retina; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0028274126     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-03-01202.1994     Document Type: Article

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