An in vitro study of retinotectal transmission in the chick: Role of glutamate and GABA in evoked field potentials

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-758

  Dye, J C ^a   Karten, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Chick; Field potential; GABA; Glutamate; Optic rectum; Retinal ganglion cell; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030197548     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800008622     Document Type: Article

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