Comparison of the responses of AII amacrine cells in the dark- and light-adapted rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-665

  Xin, Daiyan ^a   Bloomfield, Stewart A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cell; Coupling; Gap junction; Glutamate; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PENICILLAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENICILLAMINE; RABBITS; RETINA; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

EID: 0033166001     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899164058     Document Type: Article

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