The role of GABA in modulating the Xenopus electroretinogram

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1143-1152

  Arnarsson, Arsaell ^a   Eysteinsson, Thor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Baclofen; ERG; GABA; Glutamate analogs; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280158     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800011834     Document Type: Article

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