The role of potassium conductance in the generation of light responses in Muller cells of the turtle retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 449-458

  Linn, David M ^a,b   Solessio, Eduardo ^a   Perlman, Ido ^a,c   Lasater, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barium; Glutamate transporter; Muller cell; Photoresponse; Potassium currents; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032077982     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898153087     Document Type: Article

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