Effects of inhibiting glutamine synthetase and blocking glutamate uptake on b-wave generation in the isolated rat retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-353

  Winkler, Barry S ^a   Kapousta Bruneau, Natalia ^b   Arnold, Matthew J ^a   Green, Daniel G ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

B wave; Electroretinogram; Glutamate transporters; Glutamate glutamine cycle; Glutamine synthetase; Muller cells

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYASPARTIC ACID; 3-HYDROXYASPARTIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLIA; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; INTERNEURONS; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033103440     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252389916214X     Document Type: Article

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