GABA-gated Cl- channels in the rat retina

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-126

  Feigenspan, Andreas ^a   Bormann, Joachim ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031975425     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(97)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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