Glycinergic synaptic inputs to bipolar cells in the salamander retina

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 731-744

  Maple, Bruce R ^a   Wu, Samuel M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; DENDRITE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL CELL; GLYCINERGIC SYNAPSE; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL POLARITY; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; IONTOPHORESIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINA; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032007996     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.731bv.x     Document Type: Article

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