Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors decreases a high-threshold calcium current in spiking neurons of the Xenopus retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-557

  Akopian, Abram ^a   Witkovsky, Paul ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ current; G protein; IP3; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 1-AMINO-1,3-DICARBOXYCYCLOPENTANE; CALCIUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETINA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030139208     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008221     Document Type: Article

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