Calcium currents and calcium signaling in rod bipolar cells of rat retinal slices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3715-3724

  Protti, Dario A ^a   Llano, Isabel ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; Calcium channels; Calcium imaging; CNS slices; Presynaptic terminal; Reciprocal synapses; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032525108     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03715.1998     Document Type: Article

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