Glutamate release by the intact light-responsive photoreceptor layer of the Xenopus retina

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Schmitz, Yvonne ^a   Witkovsky, Paul ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Glutamate; Photoreceptor; Release; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030248251     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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