Excitatory synaptic transmission in the inner retina: Paired recordings of bipolar cells and neurons of the ganglion cell layer

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4500-4510

  Matsui, Ko ^a   Hosoi, Nobutake ^a   Tachibana, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Desensitization; EPSC; Ganglion cell; Glutamate; NMDA receptor; Non NMDA receptor; Retina; Spill over; Spontaneous EPSC; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DESENSITIZATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0032526719     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04500.1998     Document Type: Article

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