Differential acetylcholine and GABA release from cultured chick retina cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2723-2730

  Santos, Paulo F ^a   Carvalho, Ana L ^a   Carvalho, Arsélio P ^a   Duarte, Carlos B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Ca2+ channels; Cotransmission; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RETINA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031927252     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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