GABAergic and glycinergic IPSCs in ganglion cells of rat retinal slices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6075-6085

  Protti, Dario A ^a   Gerschenfeld, Hersch M ^b   Llano, Isabel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine; Neurotransmitter receptors; Patchclamp; Retina; Synaptic currents

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0030809298     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06075.1997     Document Type: Article

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