Rapid desensitization converts prolonged glutamate release into a transient EPSC at ribbon synapses between retinal bipolar and amacrine cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 353-362

  Maguire, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Ionic currents; Retina; Ribbon synapses; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTHIAZIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZOTHIADIAZINES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PICROTOXIN; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032896892     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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