Anatomical and electrophysiological evidence for GABAergic bipolar cells in tiger salamander retina

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3653-3661

  Yang, Chen Yu ^a   Wang, Ho Hua ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cells; GABAergic synapses; IPSC; Retinal slices; Salamander

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; PICROTOXIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SALAMANDER; SYNAPSE; TISSUE SLICE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032809948     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00112-1     Document Type: Article

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