Manipulation of synaptic sign and strength with divalent cations in the vertebrate retina: Pushing the limits of tonic, chemical neurotransmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4134-4138

  Piccolino, Marco ^a   Vellani, Vittorio ^b   Rakotobe, Liramalala A ^a   Pignatelli, Angela ^a   Barnes, S ^c   McNaughton, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium current; Horizontal cells; Photoreceptors; Salamanders; Surface charge; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICKEL; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SALAMANDER; SURFACE CHARGE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COBALT; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM; NEURONS; NICKEL; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLES; ZINC;

EID: 0032697724     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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