Sodium action potentials are not required for light-evoked release of GABA or glycine from retinal amacrine cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3092-3095

  Bieda, Mark C ^a,b   Copenhagen, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM; STRYCHNINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRANULE CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0033054038     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.3092     Document Type: Article

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