Voltage-activated calcium currents in rat retinal ganglion cells in situ: Changes during prenatal and postnatal development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3486-3494

  Schmid, Susanne ^a   Guenther, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Kinetic properties; Perforated patch clamp; Rat; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Voltage activated calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; OMEGA CONOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEADY STATE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033134874     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03486.1999     Document Type: Article

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