Age-dependent and cell class-specific modulation of retinal ganglion cell bursting activity by GABA

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3767-3778

  Fischer, Ken F ^a   Lukasiewicz, Peter D ^a   Wong, Rachel O L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Correlated bursting activity; Ferret retina; GABA; Retinal development; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RESPIRATORY BURST; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0032525293     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03767.1998     Document Type: Article

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