Serial inhibitory synapses in retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 553-563

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Jung, Chang Sub ^a   Slaughter, Malcolm M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b 120 Cary Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Ganglion cells; Glycine; Inhibition; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031148402     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012219     Document Type: Article

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