Light-induced calcium influx into retinal axons is regulated by presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activity in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 895-907

  Edwards, James A ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032991258     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.895     Document Type: Article

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