Spontaneous Ca2+ transients and their transmission in the developing chick retina

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 283-288

  Catsicas, Marina ^a   Bonness, Viola ^a   Becker, David ^a   Mobbs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHICK EMBRYO; DOPAMINE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCINE; NEURONS; RETINA; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032567816     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70110-1     Document Type: Article

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