Response to change is facilitated by a three-neuron disinhibitory pathway in the tiger salamander retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3451-3459

  Roska, Botond ^a   Nemeth, Erik ^a   Werblin, Frank S ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Disinhibition; GABA; Glycine; Patch clamp; Reciprocal inhibition; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0032080233     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03451.1998     Document Type: Article

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