L-glutamic acid decarboxylase- and γ-aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive bipolar cells in tiger salamander retina are of ON- and OFF-response types as inferred from lucifer yellow injection

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 651-660

  Yang, Chen Yu ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; OFF bipolar cells; ON bipolar cells; Patch pipette; Salamander retinal slices

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; LARVA; RETINA;

EID: 0030922892     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970908)385:4<651::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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