Calcium action potentials in retinal bipolar neurons

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-75

  Zenisek, David ^a   Matthews, Gary ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Calcium; Calcium channels; Excitability; Retina; Synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM GREEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUO 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; FURA 2; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; FURA-2-AM; GLUTAMIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GOLDFISH; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DARK ADAPTATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GOLDFISH; INTERNEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINA; XANTHENES;

EID: 0031607946     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523898151064     Document Type: Article

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