Blockade of glutamate-mediated activity in the developing retina perturbs the functional segregation of ON and OFF pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 5019-5025

  Bisti, Silvia ^a,b   Gargini, Claudia ^a,c   Chalupa, Leo M ^d,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Physiol   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Ganglion cells; Inner plexiform layer; ON OFF responses; Retina

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032125493     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-13-05019.1998     Document Type: Article

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