GABA-induced increases in [Ca2+]i in retinal neurons of postnatal rabbits

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-447

  Huang, Bo ^a   Redburn, Dianna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Confocal microscopy; GABA; Rabbit retina; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; NEURONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PICROTOXIN; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RETINA;

EID: 0030139781     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008117     Document Type: Article

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