Characterization of glutamate transporter function in the tiger salamander retina

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 827-838

  Yang, Jun Hai ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

D aspartate; Dihydrokainate; Glutamate uptake; Horizontal cell; Photoreceptor synapse

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; SYNAPSE; TIME;

AMBYSTOMA; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLUTAMATES; KAINIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030889021     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00231-3     Document Type: Article

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