Receptive field of the retinal bipolar cell: A pharmacological study in the tiger salamander

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2005-2019

  Hare, William A ^a,b   Owen, W Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; NIPECOTIC ACID; PHACLOFEN; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0029744671     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.2005     Document Type: Article

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