Amino acid neurotransmitters in the retina: A functional overview

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1371-1384

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

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); Bipolar cells; Glutamate; Glycine; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SALAMANDER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032077510     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00296-4     Document Type: Article

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