Use-dependent and use-independent blocking actions of picrotoxin and zinc at the GABA(C) receptor in retinal horizontal cells

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3997-4005

  Dong, Cun Jian ^a   Werblin, Frank S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GABA(C) receptor; Horizontal cell; Picrotoxin; Retina; Zinc

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RETINA; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ICTALURIDAE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA; RETINA; ZINC;

EID: 0030540969     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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