Synaptic organization of an organotypic slice culture of the mammalian retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 759-771

  Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a,b   Feigenspan, Andreas ^a   Bormann, Joachim ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

GABA receptors; Gephyrin; Glycine receptors; Slice culture; Synapses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030197971     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800008634     Document Type: Article

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