Synaptic inputs to identified color-coded amacrine and ganglion cells in the turtle retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-248

  Haverkamp, Silke ^a   Eldred, William D ^b   Ottersen, Ole P ^c   Pow, David ^d   Ammermüller, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Bipolar cells; Glycine; Inner plexiform layer; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COLOR; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; TURTLES;

EID: 0030703578     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971215)389:2<235::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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