Analysis of excitatory and inhibitory spontaneous synaptic activity in mouse retinal ganglion cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1327-1340

  Tian, Ning ^a   Hwang, Thomas N ^a   Copenhagen, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031762249     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1327     Document Type: Article

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