Requirement for cholinergic synaptic transmission in the propagation of spontaneous retinal waves

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5265, 1996, Pages 1182-1187

  Feller, Maria B ^a   Wellis, David P ^a   Stellwagen, David ^a   Werblin, Frank S ^a   Shatz, Caria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FERRET; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030043773     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5265.1182     Document Type: Article

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